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It had taken just 30 minutes for Cong, deputy head of the laboratory and diagnostic imaging department at the Binh Thanh District medical center, to finish preparing swabbing kits, protective clothing and necessary documents. It was still dark as the 36-year-old Cong, along with four colleagues, began conducting random Covid-19 tests in areas around the Mien Dong (Eastern Region) Bus Station in Saigon for the 12th day. From 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., they worked with local medics to take 100 samples of people from Hanoi and the provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Dak Lak in the Central Highlands. Then the group quickly returned to their office to start other work. Medics take random swab samples at the Mien Dong Bus Station every morning, February 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Thu Anh. One of them took the samples to the Thu Duc Hospital for carrying out RT-PCR tests. Some received people coming from Covid-19 hotspots to check their medical declarations and take their swab … [Read more...] about Saigon medics break their back to track Covid-19

SINGAPORE: The victims of the Lucky Plaza car accident were not taken to the nearby Mount Elizabeth Hospital because it is not equipped to "provide timely management for severe trauma patients", authorities said on Tuesday (Dec 31). Emergency services were called to Lucky Plaza around at about 5pm on Sunday afternoon after an accident involving a car and six female pedestrians. The six victims were instead taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital using five ambulances, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a joint statement in response to CNA's queries. READ: Sisters in Lucky Plaza accident were 'extremely generous' to friends, family, says brother READ: Friends and family pay respects to mother-of-two who died in Lucky Plaza car crash "SCDF emergency ambulances will convey patients with severe trauma to the nearest accident and emergency department that is equipped with the necessary resources, equipment and specialist … [Read more...] about Lucky Plaza accident: Mount Elizabeth Hospital not equipped to handle severe trauma patients

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Isabel Pupo was all smiles, just days after she opened her eyes from a medically induced coma. Doctors, at times, were convinced it would not happen, as the 55-year-old was on the verge of death. READ MORE: South Florida House Republicans Vote Against President Biden's $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Package “During that time, I actually told the family on numerous occasions, unfortunately, that she was going to pass away and we are going to have to stop,” said Dr. Steven DeBeer, a cardiothoracic surgeon. Pupo got admitted into Mount Sinai Medical Center back in July with severe Covid and Pneumonia. Doctors say her oxygen levels were considered “unlivable.” “I remember calling up doctor DeBeer and I said, Steve with such a high BMI and very obese can you consider her for an ECMO machine,” said Dr. Ari Ciment, a pulmonologist. She was then considered and put on an ECMO machine, a respiratory life support treatment for a period of 67 days. However, even … [Read more...] about ‘I Am The Proof That God Exists,’ South Florida Woman Beats Coronavirus 150 Days After Being Admitted To Local Hospital

NEW YORK: New York City's public school system, the country's largest, reached an agreement on Tuesday (Sep 1) that resolves union leaders' coronavirus safety concerns and pushes back the opening of classrooms for the new academic year by 11 days to Sept. 21. The agreement, which comes as school systems across the country wrestle with the pandemic and pressure from the Trump administration to reopen school buildings, would maintain the city's plan for a mix of in-class and remote learning. "What we've agreed to is to make sure that the health measures are in place, to make sure there is time for the appropriate preparation for our educators," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a briefing. In Los Angeles and Chicago, the country's second and third largest school systems, students are beginning the academic year solely with online instruction. Daily US coronavirus infections have been declining, with 36,263 on Monday, less than half the peak reported in mid-July, according … [Read more...] about New York City delays school start in deal with unions over COVID-19 concerns

SEOUL: South Korea needs to train for potential infectious disease outbreaks worse than COVID-19 and detailed treatment guidelines, as risks of more frequent such outbreaks rise and public sickbeds remain tight, a senior government official said. South Korea's early success to tame the novel coronavirus through aggressive contact tracing and testing has been touted by disease experts worldwide as gold standard of how to effectively control infectious disease. Its early state intervention limited widespread community infections and helped hospitals keep sickbeds available for severely affected patients. But its extremely low rate of public hospital beds - only 10 per cent of total - remains a potential weak spot, as the country continues to battle small but persistent outbreaks and front-line public healthcare workers suffer burnout after more than six months of treating COVID-19 patients. "I think we will see more such disease outbreaks that are more highly transmissible and … [Read more...] about South Korea needs more public hospitals to fight infectious diseases: Official

SINGAPORE - Ten people, three of them children, were injured and suffered smoke inhalation after a fire broke out on Sunday (Feb 28) at a Housing and Development Board flat in Whampoa. They were subsequently taken to hospitals, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a Facebook post. SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at Blk 22 Jalan Tenteram at around 9am. "The fire was raging and had engulfed a residential unit on the second floor," it said. Six people in the affected unit managed to leave the flat before the SCDF arrived. Two of them were found on the ground floor with injuries. They were attended to by a paramedic and crew from SCDF's Emergency Medical Services. At the same time, firefighters from Central Fire Station extinguished the fire using one water jet and two compressed air foam backpacks. About 100 people from the affected block were evacuated by SCDF and the police. A few units next to and above the affected unit sustained heat and smoke … [Read more...] about 10 injured, including 3 children, after fire engulfs Whampoa flat