(Baonghean.vn) - In order to grasp the issues arising in the process of implementing the policy of increasing prices of some medical examination and treatment services according to Resolution No. 56/2012/NQ-HDND of the province, on the morning of August 22, the Culture - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council led by Ms. Ton Thi Cam Ha - Deputy Head of the Culture - Social Committee conducted a survey at Vinh City General Hospital. Also participating in the survey were leaders of the Department of Finance and the Department of Health.
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| The survey team of the automatic biochemical system was invested from part of the hospital's service price increase. |
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| Get opinions from people visiting the hospital about current service prices. |
Through the survey, the delegation recorded positive impacts after 2 years of implementing the adjustment of service prices according to Resolution 56 of the Provincial People's Council and Decision 72 of the Provincial People's Committee at the hospital. The hospital's facilities and medical equipment have been invested in, such as 4D color ultrasound machines, electroencephalogram machines, bone density machines, anesthesia machines with ventilation, surgical microscopes, etc. The hospital has also deployed 5 additional specialized examination tables and 70 beds in the departments, meeting the examination and treatment needs of patients. Some new technical services such as endoscopic surgery of all types in the digestive, urinary, hepatobiliary, ENT; Citi scan; vascular ultrasound; immunological testing machines....
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| Hospital Director Nguyen Xuan Sau reported on the implementation of the hospital's policy of increasing hospital fees. |
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| Doctor Bui Dinh Long - Director of the Department of Health raised some requirements that need to be clarified. |
Thanks to the additional resources through the price increase of some services, the hospital pays more attention to the treatment of hospital waste and environmental sanitation, creating a better living environment inside and outside the hospital (each month the hospital spends about 120 million for this activity). The source for paying for electricity and water for the hospital is also more secure. The quality of examination and treatment has increased, thereby reducing the number of treatment days, reducing the flow of patients regularly treated at the hospital, reducing pressure on the hospital and reducing difficulties for patients. However, besides that, the process of implementing the policy is still revealing some shortcomings that have not created conditions for medical examination and treatment facilities and met the increasing demand for health care services of the people.
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| Deputy Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council concluded at the survey. |
Concluding the survey, Deputy Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee of the Provincial People's Council, Ton Thi Cam Ha, emphasized: The purpose of adjusting the prices of medical services in the past time is to balance the health insurance fund, while ensuring the harmony of interests for patients who have not participated in health insurance. Therefore, it is recommended that the hospital continue to overcome the current difficulties and shortcomings to ensure increased benefits for the people within the limits and regulations on prices of services currently prescribed. Continue to research with the health sector to propose and recommend adjusting service prices closer to reality; which types of services need to be adjusted to increase, which types of services need to be adjusted to decrease for the Provincial People's Council to consider in the coming time, to harmonize the interests between ensuring the fund and the interests of the people.
Minh Chi
