Urgent actions to save lives when ICU bed needs approach or exceed capacity: lessons from Mongolia

Authors

  • Buyantogtokh Batsukh Ministry of Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Bund-Ochir Khishigsaikhan Ministry of Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Dulamragchaa Buyanbaatar World Health Organization Representative Office for Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Gerelmaa Danzan World Health Organization Representative Office for Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Nansalmaa Munkhtur World Health Organization Representative Office for Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Ariuntuya Ochirpurev World Health Organization Representative Office for Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Takeshi Nishijima World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines
  • Howard Sobel World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines
  • Masahiro Zakoji World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2022.14.5.942

Keywords:

hospital bed capacity, efficiency, systems approach, COVID-19, surge capacity

Abstract

This report illustrates how the Government of Mongolia responded to a rapid surge of COVID-19 cases during 2021 and took urgent actions to minimize preventable mortality. The analytical framework on efficient ICU bed management through a systems approach would be useful in similar settings.

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Published

09-09-2022

How to Cite

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Batsukh B, Khishigsaikhan B-O, Buyanbaatar D, Danzan G, Munkhtur N, Ochirpurev A, Nishijima T, Sobel H, Zakoji M. Urgent actions to save lives when ICU bed needs approach or exceed capacity: lessons from Mongolia. Western Pac Surveill Response J [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 9 [cited 2024 May 29];14(5):4. Available from: https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/942

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 5 (2023): Special Edition: COVID-19 Clinical Management and Health-care Pathways

Section

Brief Report

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