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Chinese hospitals expand ICUs, boost medical reserves to cope with COVID-19 surge
Lack of nursing staff for ICUs 'biggest challenge' for medical institutions: experts
By GT staff reporters
Published: Dec 19, 2022 09:38 PM
Chinese cities and medical institutions are ramping up efforts to expand intensive care units (ICUs) and boost their reserves of medical resources and treatment facilities for severe COVID-19 cases in a bid to strengthen medical treatment capabilities to cope with the COVID-19 peak.
Observers said that as the construction of more ICUs is underway, lack of fully trained medical staff for ICUs remains the biggest challenge for the medical institutions.
Media reports of emergency procurement of medical facilities for COVID-19 severe cases from hospitals have appeared more frequently in the past two weeks. For example, the People's Hospital in the Dazu district of Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has budgeted 18.75 million yuan ($2.67 million) for this purpose and the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in the Duzu district budgeted 15.93 million yuan for buying equipment to treat severe cases.
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Lack of nursing staff for ICUs 'biggest challenge' for medical institutions: experts
By GT staff reporters
Published: Dec 19, 2022 09:38 PM
Chinese cities and medical institutions are ramping up efforts to expand intensive care units (ICUs) and boost their reserves of medical resources and treatment facilities for severe COVID-19 cases in a bid to strengthen medical treatment capabilities to cope with the COVID-19 peak.
Observers said that as the construction of more ICUs is underway, lack of fully trained medical staff for ICUs remains the biggest challenge for the medical institutions.
Media reports of emergency procurement of medical facilities for COVID-19 severe cases from hospitals have appeared more frequently in the past two weeks. For example, the People's Hospital in the Dazu district of Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has budgeted 18.75 million yuan ($2.67 million) for this purpose and the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in the Duzu district budgeted 15.93 million yuan for buying equipment to treat severe cases.
more....
zhttps://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282198.shtml