Health sector to focus on enhancing service quality: Official

Hanoi (VNA) – In the rest of the year, the
will focus on rolling out harmonious measures to enhance
the quality of healthcare services and ensure effective operation of the medical
examination and treatment system, according to .

Addressing a conference in Hanoi on July 31, the official
said that in the first six months of this year, the healthcare sector
concentrated on building and giving advice on the promulgation of legal
documents and a proposal to remove difficulties facing the sector after the COVID-19 pandemic.

She hailed efforts of all hospitals in purchasing medicines and medical
equipment to meet patients’ demands.

The official noted that so far, Vietnam has received 258,000
doses of five-in-one vaccines for the expanded immunisation programme with the
support of businesses, and .

However, she asked leaders of relevant agencies to continue to coordinate with
ministries and authorised agencies to promptly order vaccines for the
programme.

In the rest of the year, the ministry will focus on granting licence and
expanding the circulation licences for medicines and medical equipment, while
closely controlling the import of medicine and medical equipment and their
prices, ensuring stable prices of the products and medicine supply.

At the same time, it will build a roadmap for adjusting health insurance
premiums in line with the roadmap for adjusting medical service prices, while
speeding up administrative reform and digital transformation.

Meanwhile, Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen said that in the first six months of
this year, the sector managed to maintain the achievements in the COVID-19 fight
and controlling other diseases, along with ensuring support policies for health
workers.

It also exerted efforts to speed up the disbursement of public investment
capital, while completing 56 tasks assigned by the Government and the PM.

In the time to come, the sector will continue to build on the achievements in the pandemic fight and prevention
and control of other diseases, heading to the announcement of the end of the COVID-19 in Vietnam.

At the same time, more efforts will also be exerted to remove
obstacle and ensure the supply of vaccines for the expanded programme on immunisation,
and to build scenarios to respond to all epidemic situation.

The official added that the ministry will take action to ease the overload for hospitals by expanding the network of satellite hospitals, strengthening
science and technology application in local hospitals, popularising online
medical examination activities and fostering connections among hospitals across
the countries, including those in remote and island areas./.