Public interest should be put first in hospital system overhaul : Deputy PM

Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha addresses the meeting on June 1. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Public interest, especially patients’ benefits, should be
given due attention when rearranging the system of hospitals under the management
of the Health Ministry, said.

He made the requirement at an online meeting of ministries, sectors and
localities on the reshuffle of hospitals under the direct control of the Health
Ministry on June 1.

He underlined the necessity of separating state management and the administration
of non-business public establishments in the sector, urging for a
new approach in re-organising the hospital system to ensure a balance between
central and local levels, invest more in areas with underdeveloped health
services and develop fields of medicine in accordance with the present disease
situation.  

At the meeting, the reported that it is managing 34 hospitals.
Under the project of overhauling those hospitals, the ministry will retain
management of 30. Among the four others, one will be transferred to the
management of the province where it is located, two will be re-organised into
of the Hanoi Medical University and one will be turned into a branch
of a regional hospital./.