Among them were 11 lecturers specializing in intensive care medicine, internal medicine, paediatrics, medical technology, and nursing, alongside 339 final-year students from general medicine, nursing, public health, and traditional medicine programmes.
Notably, this group included 30 preventive medicine students who had previously participated in epidemic control efforts in Bac Ninh and had just completed their quarantine period before voluntarily joining the departure.
The delegation of staff and students from Hanoi Medical University arrives to reinforce Binh Duong on the morning of 6 July
Prof. PhD. Ta Thanh Van, Chairman of the University Council of Hanoi Medical University, stated that these staff members and students had received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and all tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 prior to their departure.
The University also organized systematic training courses on contact tracing, sample collection, testing, and nursing care for Covid-19 patients for the delegation.
Unlike previous support deployments, this delegation includes 50 final-year nursing students who will directly care for patients in medical facilities. The mission of this delegation is to conduct epidemiological investigations, contact tracing, and sample collection for over 1 million residents across 3 cities and 2 towns in Binh Duong, as well as participate in patient treatment in the province.
Upon arrival in Binh Duong, the delegation is expected to immediately collaborate with functional forces to swiftly contain the Covid-19 epidemic in the locality
PhD. Nguyen Hong Chuong, Director of the Binh Duong Department of Health, stated that upon the delegation's arrival, local authorities would arrange accommodation and coordinate joint efforts in Covid-19 prevention and control. Binh Duong deeply appreciates everyone's support for the epidemic prevention and control work. Previously, as the Covid-19 epidemic in the area grew increasingly complex, Binh Duong province requested assistance from the Ministry of Health and Hanoi Medical University.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/thoi-su/350-can-bo-sinh-vien-dai-hoc-y-ha-noi-den-binh-duong-ho-tro-phong-chong-covid-19-20210706131001018.htm