A nurse tends to newborns at Paediatrics Hospital No.2 in HCM City (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNS/VNA) – The HCM City Department
of Health on March 28 instructed the top public obstetrics and paediatrics
hospitals to expand the training they provide doctors at lower-level health
facilities including private hospitals.
Assoc Prof Dr Tang Chi Thuong, the department’s deputy head, said this was
because “At many private health facilities’ obstetrics and paediatric
departments, doctors still use outdated protocols for treatment.”
They should also know about the Red Alert Emergency procedure to seek
assistance from leading public hospitals, namely Tu Du, Hung Vuong, Paediatrics
Hospital 1 and 2, in case they have to treat severe cases, he said.
The procedure works well, he added.
Assoc Prof Dr Huynh Nguyen Khanh Trang of Hung Vuong Hospital cited the example
of early detection and treatment of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, saying
doctors at many hospitals in the city and elsewhere in the south lack the
capability for this.
“Early detection and treatment of helps reduce
mortality,” he said, adding it is the second leading cause of maternal
mortality globally.
Dr. Thuong said the major hospitals are relying on IT to provide the training
easily and effectively.
Dr Nguyen Ba My Nhi, deputy director of HCM City’s Tu Du Hospital, told a conference
in the city on March 28 that her hospital uses training software called Zoom
Cloud Meeting, which facilitates easy access for obstetric and paediatric
health staff at the provincial and grassroots levels.
It also uses ZOOM.US for remote discussion and recommendations for treatment,
she said.
“Professional knowledge and advanced techniques have to be updated constantly
in the health sector. The software is useful for training.”
Obstetric and paediatric health workers can download the software and connect
it to their smartphones, and can also access the hospital’s website for
training.- VNS/VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
