Mobile medical stations of communes, wards and commune-level towns (Mobile medical stations) belong to district medical centers, under the comprehensive management and direct management of the directors of the District medical centers, have the function of implementing Covid-19 prevention and control activities in the community, connecting care and management of people infected with Covid-19 at home with hospital care, detecting severe cases and implementing timely referral; providing primary health care services, medical examination and treatment, first aid, and timely referral of common diseases to people in the assigned areas.
Medical centers of districts, towns and cities and supporting forces arrange enough human resources for Mobile medical stations to operate. Each mobile medical station has at least 05 medical staff, of which at least 01 doctor is in charge, the rest are nurses and other medical staff; has at least 01 health staff who knows the assigned residential area.
In addition to medical staff on the payroll, it is possible to mobilize the participation of the private medical team and retired medical staff in the area. In case local medical human resources are not enough, mobilizing more medical staff and volunteers from other localities.
According to the plan, each "red zone" ward will establish at least 2-3 Mobile medical stations (according to population density and industrial clusters); each "green zone" commune, ward will establish at least 01 Mobile medical station directly under the Medical center of the district, town or city. Arranging human resources and equipment in accordance with the guidance in Decision no. 4042/QD-BYT dated August 21, 2021 of the Ministry of Health promulgating the temporary guidance on Mobile medical station model.
Reported by Yen Nhi - Translated by Nguyen Trang