A medical worker gives advice to a mother with her child at the new vaccination centre in HCM City (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Another was launched in ’s
Phu Nhuan district on December 6, aiming to meet the increasing demand of
of local people.
As the second
centre of its kind in the country after the first in Hanoi, the establishment includes
17 rooms for checkups and 13 others for inoculation, enabling it to serve up to
2,500 people a day.
The centre
provides all vaccines, including scarce ones such as , six-in-one Infanrix Hexa, Synflorix,
and Hepatitis A and B vaccines.
According to Ngo Chi Dung, Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company, immunization
safety at the center is always put on top with free screening examinations before
vaccination, and all nurses working in the centre have been trained in injection
skill.
Tran Dac
Phu, Director of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry
of Health, highlighted the significance of the centre in satisfying
vaccination demand of local residents in the southern region.
The centre
will also help reduce overloading at vaccination establishments in the city, he
said.
Phu also
stressed the necessity to strictly obey inoculation regulations to ensure
absolute safety in the work.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
