(R) meets with doctors of the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology on February 23 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –
Deputy Prime Ministers Truong Hoa Binh and Vu Duc Dam congratulated doctors and
medical workers nationwide on the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) while
visiting some medical organisations in Hanoi on February 23.
The held
a celebration for the which was attended by Deputy PM
Truong Hoa Binh and Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.
Trinh Dinh Hai, Director of the National
Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology, said the hospital has continually made efforts
and attained a number of achievements over the past years. It has worked to
improve examination and treatment quality and apply many advanced techniques
comparable to those in developed countries.
It provides treatment for more than 100,000
patients every year while giving free surgeries to tens of thousands of
children with cleft lip and cleft palate and low-income patients, he said.
Hai added that the hospital has effectively
implemented the school oral health programme and the dental caries prevention
programme in the community. Its doctors have also regularly come to different
localities to support local dental care networks and help people access dental
care services.
At the ceremony, Deputy PM Binh presented a
second-class Labour Order to Director Trinh Dinh Hai and a third-class Labour
Order to former Director Vu Dinh Minh. He also handed over the Meritorious
Doctor title to nine doctors, and certificates of merit to two other doctors of
the hospital.
Also on February 23, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam held a
working session with the Vietnam Medical Association (VMA), which gathers 48
specialised organisations and 54 provincial-level associations with hundreds of
thousands of members, including many leading experts and doctors.
Deputy PM Dam recognised the VMA’s good
coordination with the health ministry in public health care, policy making, and
international cooperation. He asked the VMA to improve its role in assessing
hospital quality, ensuring manpower for the medical sector, and cooperating
with the Government to strongly reform hospital management mechanisms.
Meeting with representatives of the Vietnam Red
Cross Society (VRC) Central Committee, Dam highly valued the VRC’s
accomplishments, especially in working with the health ministry in public
health care and providing aid for disadvantaged people.
The Deputy PM told the VRC Central Committee to
continue current practical activities, especially the voluntary blood donation
movement.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
