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Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong
Ha asked the Ministry of Health to place orders or organise concentrated
bidding while calculating vaccine donations to ensure enough vaccines for the expanded
immunisation programme, at a working session on May 11.
At the meeting, Health Minister Dao Hong Lan said the
ministry is devising decrees and circulars guiding the implementation of the
, which will come into force on January 1, 2024, and completing draft circulars relating to regulations of the
Price Law and the .
In this regard, Ha said the circulars on drug and
medical equipment bidding must include both general principles and specific
guidelines for the sector, asking the ministry to collect opinions from health
facilities and management agencies concerned.
The health ministry also reported that 35 hospitals have been
assigned to become self-financed during the 2022-2025 period, while the financial
autonomy of 57 others needs approval of the Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry of Health then issued decisions on
handing over the financial autonomy to 10 out of the 57 as agreed by the
Ministry of Finance.
Deputy PM Ha asked the Ministry of Finance to classify the level of self-financing for the remaining 47 within this month./.
Source: VietnamPlus
