Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned a number of tasks to theHealth Ministry to ease hospital overcrowding and improve public healthcare.
In a meeting to evaluate the progress of a2013-2020 project on hospital overload reduction held on March 4 inHanoi, he requested increases in the number of beds in paediatric,tumour, orthopaedic and cardiovascular wards and the application ofadvanced medical equipment in central hospitals over the next fiveyears.
In coordination with agencies andlocalities, the Health Ministry was asked to promote technology transferand staff training in district-level hospitals while linking withsatellite hospitals.
He suggested piloting the“family doctor” model, using technology in diagnosis, and fine-tuningmechanisms for inter-hospital examinations and diagnosis.
To that end, the leader asked for expeditious withdrawal of capitalfrom inefficient State-owned enterprises to invest in public healthcare.
In her speech, Minister of Public HealthNguyen Thi Kim Tien revealed that half of central-level hospitals havecommitted to preventing patient bed sharing 24 hours post-admission tothe hospital and that the waiting time for each test has been cut by 50minutes.
Over the past two years, an additionalthree central-level hospitals have become operational, 172 wards haveundergone renovations and nearly 4,000 beds have been added.
The nation has opened 116 new hospitals, re-built 1,667 provincial and district-level wards, and offered 15,535 new beds.
Health insurance cards were used in 2,111 medical stations last year,55.6 percent at the district-level and 17.1 percent in the non-Statesector.
The ratio of beds per 10,000 population hit28.1 in 2014, an increase from 24.7 in 2012, but meeting participantsnoted the ratio is below that of other countries in the region and theworld.
Participants also cited poor quality inlower-level hospitals as one of the contributing factors to hospitalovercrowding in major cities.
Several called for rallying social investment in general clinics in public hospitals.-VNA
In a meeting to evaluate the progress of a2013-2020 project on hospital overload reduction held on March 4 inHanoi, he requested increases in the number of beds in paediatric,tumour, orthopaedic and cardiovascular wards and the application ofadvanced medical equipment in central hospitals over the next fiveyears.
In coordination with agencies andlocalities, the Health Ministry was asked to promote technology transferand staff training in district-level hospitals while linking withsatellite hospitals.
He suggested piloting the“family doctor” model, using technology in diagnosis, and fine-tuningmechanisms for inter-hospital examinations and diagnosis.
To that end, the leader asked for expeditious withdrawal of capitalfrom inefficient State-owned enterprises to invest in public healthcare.
In her speech, Minister of Public HealthNguyen Thi Kim Tien revealed that half of central-level hospitals havecommitted to preventing patient bed sharing 24 hours post-admission tothe hospital and that the waiting time for each test has been cut by 50minutes.
Over the past two years, an additionalthree central-level hospitals have become operational, 172 wards haveundergone renovations and nearly 4,000 beds have been added.
The nation has opened 116 new hospitals, re-built 1,667 provincial and district-level wards, and offered 15,535 new beds.
Health insurance cards were used in 2,111 medical stations last year,55.6 percent at the district-level and 17.1 percent in the non-Statesector.
The ratio of beds per 10,000 population hit28.1 in 2014, an increase from 24.7 in 2012, but meeting participantsnoted the ratio is below that of other countries in the region and theworld.
Participants also cited poor quality inlower-level hospitals as one of the contributing factors to hospitalovercrowding in major cities.
Several called for rallying social investment in general clinics in public hospitals.-VNA
