Many unlicensed medical and pharmaceutical establishments in Nghe An are still operating.

To rectify unlicensed medical and pharmaceutical practices that are harmful to public health as well as other violations in this field, on January 29, 2018, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Directive No. 03/CT-UBND on continuing to strengthen the management of non-public medical and pharmaceutical practices in the province.

Hong Tung Cosmetic Dentistry Center in Quynh Phuong Commune (Hoang Mai Town) is operating without a license. Photo: Thanh Chung

In order to implement this Directive, the Department of Health and related departments, sectors and localities in the province have strengthened inspection, handled violations, and suspended violating establishments. As of June 15, 2018, the province still had 156 unlicensed establishments operating.

At the time of the inspection on the morning of October 8, the nurse without a practice certificate was performing root canal treatment on a patient at Hong Tung Clinic, Quynh Phuong (Hoang Mai Town). Photo: Thanh Chung

At the conference to evaluate the implementation results of Directive No. 03/CT-UBND organized by Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on July 10, 2018, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong assigned responsibility to localities to suspend all unlicensed medical and pharmaceutical establishments by September 30, 2018.

In this meeting, local leaders with many unlicensed establishments were appointed to speak and pledged to rectify and strengthen the management of non-public medical and pharmaceutical practices.

Several unlicensed dental clinics in Quynh Luu district were closed at the time of the inspection, but according to local residents, these facilities were still operating. Photo: Thanh Chung

Continuing to carry out inspection and supervision tasks in localities, on the morning of October 8, 2018, the inspection team of the Department of Health inspected a number of medical and pharmaceutical establishments in Hoang Mai town, Quynh Luu district, Dien Chau district and Yen Thanh district.

Dr. Vo The Ky's unlicensed ENT clinic in Dien Hong commune, Dien Chau district is operating. Photo: Thanh Chung

The delegation discovered that some unlicensed medical establishments were still operating. Some unlicensed establishments were closed at the time of the inspection, but through information gathered from local people, they were still operating. Preliminary inspection results showed that: The implementation of Directive 03/CT-UBND in these localities was not strict and thorough...

At this time, the Inspection Team of the Department of Health and the Provincial Interdisciplinary Inspection Team have been and are continuing to carry out the task of inspecting and supervising the implementation of Directive 03; reporting to the Provincial People's Committee for assessment, emulation review and handling of violations./.