Press conference - "hot" medical issues

(Baonghean.vn) - That was the main content discussed by representatives of news agencies and newspapers in Nghe An province at the regular press conference in November 2015, held at the Press Center - Nghe An Newspaper on the morning of November 6.

Comrade Le Ba Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and Comrade Ho Quang Thanh, Director of the Department of Information and Communications co-chaired the conference. Attending were representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors and press agencies in the province.

Leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Department of Information and Communications co-chaired the conference.

In October 2015, press agencies have carried out propaganda orientation well, with many outstanding current events - politics, economics, society, health, education, clearly demonstrating the spirit of struggle, supervision, and criticism.

In particular, focusing on widely and strongly propagating the 18th Provincial Party Congress, term 2015 - 2020; the achievements of socio-economic development of the province in the first 9 months of the year; the incident of more than 500 parishioners of Nghi Kieu parish vandalizing and illegally encroaching on the campus of Nghi Kieu 1 kindergarten; activities of the education sector at the beginning of the new school year; actively propagating widely on the work of preventing and controlling livestock and poultry diseases, especially the blue ear swine epidemic that is occurring in some districts; issues surrounding expanded vaccination; the issue of not establishing an Oncology department at the Provincial General Hospital of Friendship...

Overview of the conference.

Representatives of press agencies attended the conference.

Regarding issues of concern in the health sector, at the meeting, comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Health provided some information on the sector's activities in recent times.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Health provided some information on the sector's activities in recent times.

Regarding the case of Lo Tuan Truong (Co Huong village, Quang Phong commune, Que Phong district) who died after being injected with Quinvaxem and taking OPV, comrade Bui Dinh Long announced the conclusions of the Professional Advisory Council, the cause of death was anaphylactic shock.

Regarding the issue of not establishing an Oncology Department at the Provincial General Hospital, Comrade Bui Dinh Long affirmed that this is not against the policy of the Ministry of Health. In the period of 2015 - 2020, Nghe An focuses on building a complete Oncology Hospital, especially in terms of facilities, equipment for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc.

At the meeting, representatives of the press agencies discussed, analyzed, and frankly questioned the leaders of the provincial health sector to clarify issues of public concern. In particular, journalists were concerned about the transfer of cancer patients being treated at Nghe An General Hospital in good conditions to the Oncology Hospital, while the hospital's facilities did not meet the requirements, which would affect the rights of patients.

Comrade Ho Thi Ngan - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper discussed further concerns in the activities of the health sector, specifically on the issue of expanded vaccination and the failure to build an Oncology department at Nghe An Provincial General Hospital.

In October 2015, a piece of information spread quickly from an online newspaper about some households raising eels in Hung Nguyen “fattening” eels with contraceptives. From this information, some newspapers exploited many aspects, causing a significant impact on the brand name “Nghe An eel”.

Besides, there was "hot" information about the process of building a patrol road in Pu Hoat causing "bleeding" of the old forest. However, after the newspaper published, the provincial leaders directed the functional sector to establish an inspection team and came to the conclusion: the order and procedures related to granting licenses for exploitation and utilization of wood within the scope of land acquisition and clearance for road construction at the Management Board of Pu Hoat Nature Reserve were complete and in accordance with regulations...

Comrade Ho Quang Thanh - Director of the Department of Information and Communications spoke about the contents that need to be noted in press management.

Regarding the handling of issues raised in the press, in October 2015, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department received 17 documents reporting the results of handling issues raised in the press from units and localities.

Comrade Le Ba Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department concluded the meeting.

Concluding the meeting, comrade Le Ba Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department acknowledged and highly appreciated the press propaganda work in October 2015. Regarding the propaganda orientation in November 2015, he requested press agencies to focus on propagating the results of Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 12th National Party Congress; the results of the 12th Conference of the Party Central Committee, 11th term, 10th session, 13th National Assembly; propagandizing all levels, sectors, units and localities to make efforts to overcome difficulties, speed up emulation to successfully complete the socio-economic, defense and security goals and targets in 2015.

Phuong Chi