Military and civilian medical cooperation actively contributes to caring for and protecting people's health.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of May 10, the Ministry of Health coordinated with the Ministry of National Defense to organize the 5th National Military-Civilian Medical Online Conference, period 2005 - 2015; orientation for the period 2016-2020.

The conference was co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. Representatives of central ministries, departments and agencies attended the conference.

Comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the Nghe An bridge point.

Nghe An bridge participates in online conference.

Military-civilian medical cooperation is an activity combining the military and the people in the medical field, contributing to building a national defense and serving the people's health. After 10 years of implementation, the military-civilian medical cooperation program has contributed to strengthening grassroots healthcare, remote areas, highlands, border areas, and islands - key areas for national defense and security.

This has created a widespread network of medical examination, treatment and disease prevention, actively contributing to the care and protection of people's and soldiers' health, contributing to hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and stabilizing security, politics and order.

The military-civilian infirmary of Economic Group - Military Region 4 located in Na Ngoi commune (Ky Son) always does a good job of taking care of the health of the military and civilians.

Notably, the military-civilian medical combination program has invested in building a system of over 150 military-civilian medical clinics at border posts; the military-civilian medical combination project has invested in improving the operational capacity of nearly 530 medical stations; Island districts have been invested in many modern equipment, contributing to meeting the needs of medical examination and treatment. Military-civilian medical facilities on the sea and islands have provided emergency care for over 6,600 patients, performed surgery on 12,550 cases, most of them civilians...

During the 2016-2020 period, the program focuses on helping people living in areas with difficult socio-economic conditions and key defense and security areas to access increasingly high-quality health services and enhance the health sector's response capacity in emergency situations.

Ky Son military and civilian medical station staff examine and treat local people.

Concluding the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed the particularly important role of military-civilian medical cooperation. In order to effectively carry out the task of military-civilian medical cooperation in the 2016-2020 period, the Deputy Prime Minister requested that all levels and sectors consider this a regular, long-term task, a strategic solution in the cause of taking care of people's health and building a national defense; It is necessary to continue to focus on increasing the quantity and improving the quality of human resources for military-civilian medical examination and treatment facilities.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasized: The consolidation of the grassroots health system, especially in border and island areas, needs to be given special priority so that people living in remote areas, border areas, island areas, and key areas of national defense and security can access increasingly high-quality health services. Thereby, it aims to take good care of people's health and maintain order and stability in special areas.

At the conference, the Prime Minister awarded Certificates of Merit to 16 groups and 11 individuals; the Minister of National Defense awarded Certificates of Merit to 68 groups and 112 individuals; the Ministry of Health awarded Certificates of Merit to 97 groups and 127 individuals for their outstanding achievements in taking good care of the health of the military and civilians./.

Thanh Son