This patient was consulted by the Treatment Subcommittee on the afternoon of February 19.

When admitted to the hospital, the patient was in severe condition and required non-invasive ventilation. The prognosis was very serious, with an oxygen saturation index in the blood of only 70%.

Currently, the patient is taking sedatives, dialysis, and his lungs are condensed on both sides.

Assessing the critically ill patient, doctors at field hospital No. 2 recommended ECMO intervention for the patient.

Professor Nguyen Gia Binh, Head of the Consulting Group, assessed that the treatment strategy of Field Hospital No. 2 for this patient was correct from the beginning.

Doctor Pham The Thach, Deputy Head of Intensive Care Department, Bach Mai Hospital, reinforcement at Hai Duong Field Hospital No. 2, said the ICU room at Hospital No. 2 currently has 9 patients.

Deputy Minister Son (left) and Professor Binh consulted on serious cases at the bridgehead of the Ministry of Health, on the afternoon of February 19.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son informed that after working with Covid-19 patient treatment facilities in Hai Duong yesterday, he directed Cho Ray Hospital to increase a cytokine testing machine, within this or

Assessing the 275 patients being treated at Field Hospital No. 2 as a very large number, experts noted that the hospital sends high-risk patients (severe developments) to the ICU room for mechanical monitoring.

Two other critically ill patients were also discussed by the Consulting Group experts this afternoon, including `patient 1823` at the Central Tropical Diseases Hospital facility 2 and `patient 1536` at Da Nang Lung Hospital.

`Patient 1823`, 65 years old, has high blood pressure, diabetes for 5 years, was hospitalized on February 1.

Currently, the patient has no fever or edema. The doctor prescribed stopping muscle relaxants and maintaining moderate sedation.

After consulting with a psychiatric specialist, the doctor adjusted the medication, but when the sedative was reduced, the patient was not really awake, still agitated and breathing rapidly.

The Central Tropical Diseases Hospital is treating 62 Covid-19 patients.

`Patient 1536` is 79 years old, is being treated at Da Nang Lung Hospital, was admitted to the hospital on January 15, has undergone 34 days of treatment, and has been on ECMO since February 2.

Le Nga