An overview of the conference (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Health Nguyen
Thi Kim Tien said it is a must to improve the quality and operational
efficiency of in order to attract more
patients.
Speaking at a conference in Hanoi on December 20 to implement the pilot model
of enhancing capacity for medical centres at wards and communes, Tien said Vietnam
has a network of 11,400 infirmaries which spread nearly 99 percent of wards and
communes nationwide.
Thanks to the widespread coverage of health services, Vietnam has become one of
the ten countries completing the millennium development goal relating maternal
and child health, and successfully controlled and eliminated many dangerous
diseases, the minister said.
However, she pointed to a range of limitations remaining at grassroots health care
services such as low quality, limited capacity of health workers and the
shortage of medicines, among others.
The health ministry has rolled out an action plan to implement the project on
building and developing grassroots health care network in the new period during
2018-2020, Tien said.
To carry the project, efforts will be focused on professional skills, human
resources, material facilities, equipment, financial supply, health care and IT
application, she noted.
Dr. Kidong Park, Chief Representative of the in
Vietnam, stressed the significance of the renovation of the health system in
Vietnam, explaining that it helps the country achieve the target of universal
health care coverage.
The Vietnamese health sector should heed preventing non-contagious diseases and
take people as the centre in health care services, the official suggested.
The model will be piloted in medical clinics of 26 wards and communes of eight
cities and provinces, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Tinh,
Long An, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
