Fourteen hospitals have signed commitments to try and end the practiceof putting two or three patients in a bed during overcrowding, accordingto Government website chinhphu.vn.
To achieve this objective, at a recent online forum, the Ministry of Health identified seven tasks for the sector in 2015.
Participantsat the forum were Nguyen Thi Xuyen, Deputy Minister of Health, NguyenVan Tien, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for SocialAffairs, representatives from the Ministry of Health, the NationalPaediatric Hospital and the Vietnam-Germany hospital.
Le Thanh Hai, Director of the National Paediatric Hospital, said that the practice ended during the past four months.
He said his hospital eradicated the problem by deciding that up to 30percent of patients can be treated as outpatients at other hospitals.
"Withsupport from the Ministry of Health and kind-hearted people andorganisations, we implemented three measures. Firstly, we enlarged ouroutpatients examination ward from 30-40 rooms to 60 rooms.
"Secondly,we did an assessment on the volume of patients coming to the hospitalat different times of the day/week/month. From that, we divided staff indifferent work shifts to meet the volume of patients.
"Andfinally, we formed a new unit at the hospital – the day-care unit – tohandle less severe patients. These patients are monitored by doctors ornurses for about four or more hours. Then the doctor in charge decidesif they can be sent home."
Hai said the National PaediatricHospital now has 1,500 beds and all patients are classed as serious. Yetonly about 400 to 500 of them really have any need to stay in a bedwhile awaiting treatment.
Nguyen Tien Quyet, Director ofVietnam-Germany Hospital said his hospital solved the problem of puttingtwo or three patients to a bed several years ago.
"In the period2003-04, our hospital had only 430 beds. But in 2007-08, we had 800beds. And now we have 1,100 beds. Late this month, when our hi-techbuilding is put into commission, we'll have another 350 beds. So all inall, we'll have some 1,500 beds by late February.
Followed on Haiand Tien's ideas, Deputy Health Minister Xuyen expressed herappreciation for hospital efforts to eradicate the problem.
"Inpast years, the Viet Duc and National Paediatric Hospital and othercentral hospitals have exerted great efforts to transfer hi-techtreatment to lower level hospitals. This enables many patients to betreated at provincial hospitals. This also reduces the economic burdenfor patients," Xuyen said.
She said to implement the PrimeMinister Decision 92 to help major hospitals avoid overcrowding, theMinistry of Health had developed a proposal to identify 14 goodhospitals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and transfer their skills to 46satellite hospitals.-VNA
To achieve this objective, at a recent online forum, the Ministry of Health identified seven tasks for the sector in 2015.
Participantsat the forum were Nguyen Thi Xuyen, Deputy Minister of Health, NguyenVan Tien, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for SocialAffairs, representatives from the Ministry of Health, the NationalPaediatric Hospital and the Vietnam-Germany hospital.
Le Thanh Hai, Director of the National Paediatric Hospital, said that the practice ended during the past four months.
He said his hospital eradicated the problem by deciding that up to 30percent of patients can be treated as outpatients at other hospitals.
"Withsupport from the Ministry of Health and kind-hearted people andorganisations, we implemented three measures. Firstly, we enlarged ouroutpatients examination ward from 30-40 rooms to 60 rooms.
"Secondly,we did an assessment on the volume of patients coming to the hospitalat different times of the day/week/month. From that, we divided staff indifferent work shifts to meet the volume of patients.
"Andfinally, we formed a new unit at the hospital – the day-care unit – tohandle less severe patients. These patients are monitored by doctors ornurses for about four or more hours. Then the doctor in charge decidesif they can be sent home."
Hai said the National PaediatricHospital now has 1,500 beds and all patients are classed as serious. Yetonly about 400 to 500 of them really have any need to stay in a bedwhile awaiting treatment.
Nguyen Tien Quyet, Director ofVietnam-Germany Hospital said his hospital solved the problem of puttingtwo or three patients to a bed several years ago.
"In the period2003-04, our hospital had only 430 beds. But in 2007-08, we had 800beds. And now we have 1,100 beds. Late this month, when our hi-techbuilding is put into commission, we'll have another 350 beds. So all inall, we'll have some 1,500 beds by late February.
Followed on Haiand Tien's ideas, Deputy Health Minister Xuyen expressed herappreciation for hospital efforts to eradicate the problem.
"Inpast years, the Viet Duc and National Paediatric Hospital and othercentral hospitals have exerted great efforts to transfer hi-techtreatment to lower level hospitals. This enables many patients to betreated at provincial hospitals. This also reduces the economic burdenfor patients," Xuyen said.
She said to implement the PrimeMinister Decision 92 to help major hospitals avoid overcrowding, theMinistry of Health had developed a proposal to identify 14 goodhospitals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and transfer their skills to 46satellite hospitals.-VNA
