PM orders expanding remote medical services

At the inauguration ceremony of 1,000 remote health facilities (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc on September 25 ordered promptly expanding in
order to complete the target of .

The leader made the request at an inauguration ceremony
of 1,000 remote health facilities, which gathered more than 5,000 doctors and
nurses across the country, along with those from Laos and Cambodia.

After more than two months of implementing the project
on distance health check-up and treatment for the 2020-2025 period, the
Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and
Communications, the Ministry of Defence and Viettel Military Industry and
Telecoms Group has connected more than 1,000 medical sites with nearly 30
central and municipal hospitals in Hanoi and HCM City. A number of Lao and
Cambodian hospitals have also joined the network.

This is a major stride of the medical sector, especially
amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, PM Phuc said, stressing that digital health care
has played a significant part in the fight against the epidemic in .

Highlighting advantages of the model, the leader said remote
health care has not only helped to improve the medical quality but also created
a digital foundation for the sector.

The network should be expanded to more than 14,000 medical
facilities nationwide, he requested.

Major Vietnamese hospitals should partner with their
counterparts in foreign countries with advanced medicine, the leader continued.

He asked the health ministry and other relevant
ministries and localities to complete a legal framework for remote health care,
while joining with IT units to develop platforms and apps for the services.

PM Phuc urged the comprehensive application of digital
technologies at health centres and more efforts in the communication work in
order to spread the model.

The leader expressed his hope that the health ministry
will become one of the ministries and agencies that have taken the lead in
materialising the national digital transformation programme./.