President Tran Dai Quang (R) presents Labour Order, first class, to Associate Professor Doctor Nguyen Quoc Anh, Director of Bach Mai Hospital (Photo: VNA)Hanoi
(VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang extended greetings to doctors, health workers of
the health sector while attending a ceremony marking the 63rd anniversary of
(February 27) held at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi on February
26.
The President
expressed his gratitude to and health workers of the sector and Bach
Mai Hospital in particular, and highlighted their contributions over the past
years.
He said that amidst
the extensive industrialisation, modernisation and international integration
process, Vietnam has faced numerous challenges in health care, including the risks
of environmental pollution and epidemics.
At the same time, the
demand for caring, protecting and enhancing people’s health is increasing and
diverse, causing the rising pressure to the sector, he said.
President Tran Dai
Quang asked the sector and Bach Mai Hospital to focus on reforming to show
better performance in giving health care services, personnel training,
scientific research, epidemic prevention, international cooperation and economic
management, with the aim of improving the quality of health care services.
At the same time, the
sector should pay greater attention to developing in-depth techniques,
expanding the satellite hospital network, training and transferring technology
to hospitals at local levels, thus easing the overload situation in hospitals,
he said.
The President stressed
the need for close coordination between civil and military medicine for better
caring for people’s health in border, island, remote and poor areas, along with
the stronger application of science and advanced technologies in check-up, treatment
and disease prevention.
He said he hopes
doctors and health workers will promote their responsibility and ethics in
caring for people’s health.
The State leader also
asked the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to create optimal conditions
for to become the country’s leading centre for health care
services, training and research.
Establishing in 1911,
Bach Mai is one of the biggest hospitals in Vietnam.
At the ceremony,
presented Labour Order, second class, to the hospital,
and Labour Order, first class, to Associate Professor Doctor Nguyen Quoc Anh,
Director of the hospital.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
