Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem (R) and Cuban Deputy Minister of Health Marcia Cobas Riuz (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam’s southern
economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is keen to implement health care cooperation
programmes with Cuba, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem said at
a reception for visiting Cuban Deputy Minister of Health Marcia Cobas Riuz on
May 16.
He said HCM City wants to carry out the Cuban
doctors programme in the city and collaborate in the distribution of
pharmaceutical products and human resources training.
The city is willing to work with to implement a plan on primary dental
care, he added.
Marcia Cobas Riuz said her ongoing visit aims to
increase the efficiency of cooperation in medical care between Vietnam and Cuba
in general and between Cuba and Vietnamese localities in particular.
Based on the sound traditional relations between
the two countries, Cuba hopes HCM City authorities will facilitate the
bilateral health cooperation, she said.
While sharing about the potential and strength
of Cuba in the field, Marcia Cobas Riuz expressed the wish to collaborate with
HCM City in the provision of Cuban doctors for hospitals in the city, the
distribution of pharmaceutical products, and training connectivity between
universities.
She called for the city’s support for the
organisation of a workshop introducing Cuba’s health care to local private
hospitals.
The official suggested the two sides jointly
implement the primary dental care for HCM City’s residents.
Cuban doctors are working across 63 countries
worldwide. Cuba is evaluated as one of the best suppliers of primary health care
services with over 10,000 family doctors nationwide.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
