Hanoi (VNA) – Mobile medical stations will be established in the country's current largestCOVID-19 hotspots of Ho Chi Minh City, Long An, Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces, heard an online meeting on measures to stamp out the pandemic held on August 19under the chair of Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

Themodel aims to give medical services to all people amid the overload of the healthcaresystem in the localities due to complicated developments of COVID-19.

Afterlistening to opinions from experts and localities, Long said that the establishment of the mobile medical station is crucial, especially in HCM City and otherlocalities that cannot manage and treat COVID-19 patients in concentratedmedical facilities anymore.

Theminister underlined that communes and wards are considered as "strongholds" in pandemic prevention and control.

Inthe current pandemic situation, especially during the period of social distancing, theprovision of caring and treatment services for COVID-19 patients is a great challenge, he said,stressing that the model can deal with the problem and enable people to access uninterruptedmedical services.

Themobile medical stations will give primary health care to people with minimum conditions interms of equipment and personnel. However, they will follow standards in primary health care services for people withcommon illnesses. The stations will also mange, take care of and treat COVID-19 patients inthe community whose conditions are controllable.

Long asked HCM City to allocate personnel for these stations and report the city’s demand for personnel support to theministry so that it canmake a suitable assistance plan./.