Provincial Party Secretary inspects Covid-19 prevention and control work, presents gifts to some medical units

Also attending were comrade Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Van Dung - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health, and representatives of the Provincial Party Committee Office;...

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy inspects the testing machine system at Nghe An General Friendship Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

At Nghe An General Friendship Hospital, through inspection of Covid-19 prevention and control work, it was found that the hospital has ensured the requirements according to the instructions of the Central Steering Committee, the province and the actual situation of the unit.

The hospital has done a good job of propaganda and visual warnings in many locations within the hospital; performed well medical declarations and screening at the gate; conducted multiple rounds of screening: at the hospital gate, at the Examination Department, Emergency Department, and additional screening at departments and centers.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy inspects the screening registration area at Nghe An General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

Nghe An General Hospital has set up separate isolation areas with 3 different levels. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, Nghe An General Hospital has established separate isolation areas with 3 different levels: Area for positive patients, high-risk patients, low-risk areas; at the same time, building an isolation area with full treatment specialties to meet the needs of examination and treatment for patients...

Regarding other aspects of work, in the past year, the Hospital has performed well and excellently completed the assigned professional tasks; continued to promote the role of a grade 1 provincial hospital in emergency care and medical examination and treatment for people inside and outside the province; its position has been increasingly enhanced and affirmed in the North Central region when it has successfully deployed many advanced and new techniques in medicine; and at the same time, it is one of the pioneering and leading units in scientific research in the medical field.

The Provincial Party Secretary and his delegation inspected the Covid-19 prevention and control work at Nghe An General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

Over the past year, Nghe An General Hospital has examined more than 364 thousand patients, treated more than 100 thousand inpatients, and performed more than 20 thousand surgeries...

After inspecting and listening to the report of the hospital's leaders, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy congratulated, commended and acknowledged the results and contributions of the staff, doctors and nurses of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital in the past time.

In the coming time, the Provincial Party Secretary requested the Hospital to continue to focus on implementing well the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic; this must be considered the top priority task, absolutely not subjective.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy spoke to the Board of Directors, staff, doctors and nurses of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, the Hospital needs to continue to build a safe, green - clean - beautiful environment; implement well the 12 medical ethics and Uncle Ho's teaching "A good doctor is like a mother", serve well, meet the increasing health care needs of the people, create good feelings and trust of the people when coming to the hospital.

The Provincial Party Secretary also agreed to build Nghe An General Friendship Hospital into a final-level hospital in the North Central region. To do so, in addition to the participation of provincial leaders, the Hospital must continue to strive to meet the criteria; build its brand through research, transfer, and mastery of many new, high-tech, and specialized techniques; train, attract, and develop a team of doctors and medical staff.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation presented gifts to Nghe An General Friendship Hospital on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2021). Photo: Thanh Duy

Next, the delegation of the Provincial Party Secretary inspected the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic at Vinh City General Hospital. Through the actual inspection and exchange with quarantined people through the online software system applied at the Hospital, comrade Thai Thanh Quy highly appreciated the direction and implementation of the unit such as: good implementation of flow, medical control, systematic epidemic declaration through automatic body temperature measuring machines and application of information technology;...

However, given the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, the head of the Provincial Party Committee requested the Hospital to continue to perform well and participate effectively in epidemic prevention and control work.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy inspects the quarantine area set up at Vinh City General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, the Provincial Party Secretary also acknowledged the development steps of Vinh City General Hospital in recent times; it is a typical example of a "self-sufficient public service unit" (group II) and has been transferred from the mechanism of autonomy in regular expenditure to the mechanism of full autonomy in regular expenditure and investment expenditure (group I).

The unit is also a typical example of building a "Smart Hospital" model, applying information technology as a "breakthrough" in the reform and development process; the Ministry of Health has assessed the hospital as achieving 6/7 groups of criteria for information technology application according to Circular 54 of the Ministry of Health. The Department of Health rated it at 4.15/5 on the hospital quality assessment scale.

The Provincial Party Secretary chatted and visited people quarantined at Vinh City General Hospital via the online system. Photo: Thanh Duy

People entering Vinh City General Hospital are guided to follow a specific flow and have their body temperature automatically measured by a machine. Photo: Thanh Duy

The number of outpatients visiting the hospital is high, with more than 471,000 visits in 2020; more than 35,000 inpatients. The hospital has deployed many new, specialized techniques at the provincial and central levels. The hospital is also in the top 10 nationwide in terms of Patient Satisfaction Index as assessed by an independent Japanese organization.

In the coming time, promoting the achieved results, the Hospital needs to continue to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment, especially focusing on prioritizing a number of specialized fields, creating a separate brand for the hospital based on its strengths; completing the criteria of a smart hospital, best serving patients; boldly increasing and diversifying investment resources, especially from socialized sources to build facilities and medical examination and treatment equipment to ensure the best service for the people.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation presented gifts to congratulate Vinh City General Hospital on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2021). Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial Party Secretary and the comrades in the provincial working delegation visited the Hong Son Ward Health Station, Vinh City to inspect the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, and at the same time, visited, encouraged and congratulated the staff of the unit on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27).

Hong Son Ward Health Station currently has 5 staff members including 1 general practitioner, 1 traditional medicine practitioner, 1 nurse, 1 midwife, and 1 population officer.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy inspects Covid-19 prevention and control work at Hong Son Ward Health Station, Vinh City. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation presented congratulatory gifts and talked with staff at the Hong Son Ward Health Station, Vinh City. Photo: Thanh Duy

Through discussion and inspection of facilities, the Provincial Party Secretary acknowledged the efforts of the unit, thereby successfully completing assigned professional tasks, actively contributing to the overall results in health care for people in Vinh city.