Vinh University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital: Deploying the program 'May blood pressure measurement' for community cardiovascular health
(Baonghean.vn) - The program aims to help all individuals regardless of age, gender, urban or rural area to have their blood pressure checked and receive necessary medical advice when detecting high blood pressure.
May 17th of every year has been recognized by the World Health Organization as World Hypertension Day. However, since 2017, with the initiative of Professor Neil Poulter - former President of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) in conjunction with the World Hypertension League (WHL), an action program has been launched to warn the world about the risk of high blood pressure and complications by launching widespread blood pressure measurement for people in countries around the world in May called the "May Measurement Month" (MMM).
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Associate Professor, Dr. Cao Truong Sinh - Director of Vinh Medical University Hospital delivered a speech and opened the program. Photo: PV |
The program was launched in 2017 but in 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic raging around the world, it had to be postponed until 2021. It was then resumed but was only implemented in a few countries around the world.
As a member of the World Hypertension Society, Vietnam has participated in the program since its inception and even during the peak of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, it has maintained its implementation with high appreciation from the World Hypertension Organization.
In 2022, in the context of the epidemic trending down and being controlled, the MMM Program continued to be organized with the participation of more than 80 countries around the world, including our country.
In Nghe An, Vinh Medical University Hospital is honored to be the unit participating with the World Hypertension Society, Vietnam Heart Association, and MMM Vietnam Organizing Committee to implement hypertension screening in Nghe An for 3 consecutive years since 2017. The number of people screened and consulted for treatment is about 6,000 people in 3 years (2017-2019). In 2020 and 2021, due to the severe impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the program was not implemented.
To continue implementing the "May Blood Pressure Measurement Program", Vinh University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital proactively launched the program, implementing hypertension screening in Que Phong district on May 8, 2022. Attending the ceremony were Associate Professor, Dr. Cao Truong Sinh - Director of the Hospital along with 40 medical staff and volunteers who implemented hypertension screening for 1,000 people in Que Phong and Quy Chau districts.
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| Measuring blood pressure for people. Photo: PV |
According to Associate Professor, Dr. Cao Truong Sinh - Director of Vinh Medical University Hospital, timely disease screening is not only done by doctors in the hospital but also by community intervention to strongly impact the people so that they can understand and benefit, so this is an activity of great significance, especially when it is widely deployed throughout Nghe An province in particular and the whole country in general.
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Team of volunteer doctors participating in the program. Photo: PV |
On the occasion of World Hypertension Day on May 17 and in response to the launching ceremony of the "May Blood Pressure Measurement Program", Associate Professor, Dr. Cao Truong Sinh called on everyone to take care of their health by monitoring their blood pressure./.
