At the working session. (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The grassroots-level health care
network has been expanded nationwide, basically meeting public demand for
health care, said .
Speaking at a working session of the National Assembly’s
Committee for Social Affairs in Hanoi on August 7, Minister Tien highlighted
achievements in vaccination, maternal and child health care, and the prevention
of non-communicable diseases at the ward/commune level.
She cited the inpatient satisfaction index towards medical
check-up and treatment of 79.6 percent between September 2016 and December
2017, along with the 2016 Provincial Governance and Public Administration
Performance Index (PAPI) Report announced in April 2017 which showed that the
quality of hospitals, especially those at the district level, has been improved
significantly and people have satisfied more with .
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Hieu
said that thanks to investments sourced from Government bonds, hospitals and
medical centres at the district level have been built or upgraded, with the
number of sickbeds per 10,000 people increasing from 17.9 in 2005 to 25.7 in
2017, surpassing the target assigned by the legislature.
Participants at the working session also pointed out
limitations in the grassroots health care network regarding public confidence
in the quality of medical establishments at the district and commune levels,
primary health care, investments in grassroots-level health care, and human
resources.
They shared the views that more investments should be
channeled into grassroots health care, and underlined the need to mobilise the
participation of different economic sectors and finalise the legal framework to
promote the engagement of the entire political sector in the network.
It is necessary to allocate mid-term capital in the health sector,
especially in remote, disadvantaged and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, they
said, proposing the Health Ministry implement policies to attract and maintain
personnel for grassroots health care establishment. -VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
