The building for inpatient treatment of the provincial General Hospital is being urgently constructed and will be put into operation soon (Photo: baovinhphuc.com.vn)
Vinh Phuc (VNA) – The northern province of Vinh
Phuc has invested 3.32 trillion VND (143.4 million USD) in upgrading local medical
infrastructure in the 2016-2020 period.
The amount was spent on building a 1,000-bed provincial General
Hospital and a 500-bed provincial Hospital of Obstetrics & Gynecology; perfecting hospitals and medical centres in Tam Dao, Vinh Tuong,
Phuc Yen, and Song Lo districts; and upgrading 72 health stations in communes,
wards and townships.
Thanks to the
investment, as of 2019, all communal medical stations had met national
standards, higher than the country’s average ratio of 76.5 percent.
The upgrading of
medical equipment has helped develop technical services in hospitals,
especially intensive techniques in .
Along with
provincial hospitals, in districts have also received modern
medical equipment.
Together with
investment in infrastructure, Vinh Phuc has approved a financial autonomy
mechanism for 13 out of 15 units of the health sector, which means they are
responsible for 100 percent of regular spending. This has helped save nearly
200 billion VND of the regular expensesfor the provincial budget annually,
contributing to enhancing the activeness of medical establishments as well as
the efficiency and quality of their services.
Meanwhile, the local health care sector has reformed 14
administrative procedures, while making public service charges and reducing the
waiting time for patients./.
Source: VietnamPlus
