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The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No2 in Hanoi is one of very few healthcare facilities to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients in Vietnam, It is treating 235 COVID-19 patients, including 52 serious and critically ill cases.
The recent emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has forced the hospital to temporarily close for 21 days. Following the three-week lockdown, all healthcare workers are required to self-isolate in the premises.
Despite working in a risky environment and living far from their home, all doctors, nurses and orderlies are happy providing patients with tender care around the clock. I the photo, an orderly is feeding a COVID-19 patient.
They are required to put on personal protective suits before intubating severe patients.
This procedure poses a very high risk of virus infection, requiring the crew to work carefully on every detail.
. In the photo, doctors are intubating the patient.
For critically ill patients, they are administered to use ECMO to sustain life. In the photo, doctors are applying the ECMO rescue therapy to a COVID-19 patient in critical condition.
Dr Tran Van Kien from the Intensive Care Unit is drenched in sweat after placing ECMO on the COVID-19 patient.
A rare relaxing moment of an orderly after a tense working shift.