Wednesday, 07/07/2021 18:32 (GMT+7)
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has established two more temporary hospitals for COVID-19 patients to handle a surge in infections in the city.
A room at a field hospital in HCMC (Photo: VNA)
The hospitals are converted from two resettlement apartment buildings in district 12 and Thu Duc city.
According to Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong, the hospital in district 12, with 2,000 beds, began to receive patients as from July 5 afternoon, while the 3,000-bed hospital in Thu Duc is scheduled to open three days later.
The Department of Health also plans to convert another resettlement site in Binh Chanh district into a COVID-19 hospital with about 3,000-5,000 beds, raising the total number of beds for COVID-19 patients in the city to 15,000.
So far, HCMC has 13 COVID-19 treatment hospitals.
The city is now the largest hotspot of the country with 710 new cases detected during 24 hours to 6pm on July 6./.
BTA