Processing herbal medicine (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The
will work to increase and treatment
using herbal medicine.
According to the ministry, 57 out of 63 localities have hospitals using
herbal medicine in treatment.
The treatment with herbal medicine has gradually risen over the
years, with the method used in 4.1 percent, 11.7 percent and 13.4 percent of
total cases in central, provincial and district levels, respectively.
In 2017, the sector continued developing and completing a legal
framework on traditional medicine in terms of herbal medicine processing
methods, list of herbal materials, among others.
Local herbal materials were developed to ensure supply for traditional
medicine institutions while increasing supervisions to improve the quality of
at health care facilities and shops.
The Ministry inspected examinations and treatment at traditional
medicine hospitals in Lang Son, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh provinces, and Ho Chi Minh
City, and evaluated the treatment quality at central hospitals.
It also worked closely with the National Steering
Committee No. 389 on combating smuggling, commercial frauds and
counterfeit goods in the sector.
A number of models were piloted to enhance the skills of herbal
medicine treatment, such as training volunteers providing primary health care
services based on traditional medicine in Thanh Tri district, Hanoi, and bettering
acupuncture treatment skills at a communal health care station in Thanh Mien
district, Hai Duong province.
Workshops were conducted to seek measures for the development of herbal
medicine.
However, the quality of examinations and treatment based on herbal
medicine has yet to meet the increasing demand of people, while the combination
of herbal medicine and modern medicine remained ineffective in some places.
Therefore, in the coming time, the sector will continue completing
the State management system in term of at all levels, aiming to
ensure all provincial health departments will have staff in charge of this
medicine.
Focus will be put on expanding the service network, raising
examination and treatment quality, training human resources at all levels.
Two additional provincial traditional medicine hospitals will be
built in 2018.
Treatment with herbal medicine combined with modern medicine will
be improved, raising the rate of people using the services to 10 percent, 15
percent and 20 percent, and 35 percent of total cases in central, provincial,
district, and communal levels, respectively.
The sector will instruct relevant bodies, agencies, and health
care institutions to inspect the quality of treatment services and herbal
materials and medicine production.
Combating smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods of herbal
materials will be strengthened in a number of provinces and cities.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
