Illustrative image (Phôt: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Tran Hong Ha held a working
session with leaders of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry
of Planning and Investment, and centrally-run hospitals on February 25 to tackle
difficulties regarding the purchase of medical equipment, medicines, testing
chemicals and biological products.
Ha said despite
difficulties and obstacles, leaders of the Government and sectors will support the Ministry of Health, make greater efforts and uphold the sense of responsibility of scientists,
managers and medical establishments.
Relevant ministries
were also asked to promptly amend regulations and decrees under their authority
to fix obstacles faced by hospitals.
He expressed his belief that with the efforts of the Ministry of Health, ministries and localities and with the PM’s special attention, issues
in the health sector will be dealt with basically and at the earliest.
The same day, PM Pham
Minh Chinh signed an official dispatch, requesting measures to ensure the
supply of and medical equipment and materials for health examination and treatment.
In the dispatch, the PM assigned ministries, ministry-level and governmental agencies, People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to promptly
inspect the situation and offer timely guidelines to medical stations to fix
the problem.
Medical establishments
must raise their highest sense of responsibility, stay active and flexible in
terms of planning purchase and bidding that ensures openness, transparency and
effectiveness.
Specific tasks were
also assigned to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of
Finance and the Ministry of Information and Communications./.
Source: VietnamPlus
