Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Examination and Treatment
Management Department hosted a seminar on designing a project to improve the
provision of medical checkup and treatment services in Hanoi on April 5.
Addressing the seminar, Deputy Minister of
Health Nguyen Viet Tien said despite remarkable improvement in recent years, the
medical service system still showed many shortcomings, including the
overcrowded conditions at national-level hospitals.
The official stressed the seminar is part
of the Health Ministry’s plan of actions to implement the Party Central
Committee’s Resolution 20-NQ-TW on boosting health care work and improving public
health.
Head of the Examination and Treatment Management
Department Luong Ngoc Khue told the seminar that Vietnam is home to 1,451
public hospitals, of which 39 are centrally run, and 492 and 645 others are
respectively run by provincial and district authorities. The private health
sector has 219 hospitals and 31,594 clinics.
Khue said the project on improving the
provision of medical services aims at providing access to affordable and
quality treatments for all people.
Participants were informed on medical
service models in regional countries like Thailand, the Philippines, and
Singapore, as well as in developed countries such as Canada and the Republic of
Korea. They also heard reports by a number of health agencies on
advantages/disadvantages in managing health services providers and their
suggestions for improvement of the system.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
