Launching of the North Central Forensic Psychiatric Institute

Thanh Chung• July 16, 2019 14:32

(Baonghean.vn) - The establishment of the branch will help improve forensic psychiatric assessment in Nghe An in particular and the North Central provinces in general.

On the morning of July 16, the Ministry of Health held a ceremony to launch the North Central Forensic Psychiatry Branch under the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry. Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Thi Kim Tien - Minister of Health; Nguyen Viet Tien - Permanent Deputy Minister of Health and leaders of departments, offices and institutes under the Ministry of Health.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and representatives of leaders of departments, branches, sectors and medical units in the province.

Bộ Y tế công bố, trao quyết định thành lập Phân viện Pháp y Tâm thần Bắc Miền Trung và quyết định bổ nhiệm cho bác sĩ Phan Kim Thìn. Ảnh: Từ Thành

The Ministry of Health announced and awarded the decision to establish the North Central Forensic Psychiatric Institute and the decision to appoint Dr. Phan Kim Thin. Photo: Tu Thanh

The North Central Forensic Psychiatric Institute was established on the basis of the former Nghe An Province Forensic Psychiatric Assessment Center; its functions are to conduct forensic psychiatric assessment according to the provisions of the Law on Procedure and the Law on Judicial Assessment, train and participate in training specialized medical personnel, research and participate in directing the field and examining and treating psychiatric patients according to regulations.

The branch performs forensic psychiatric examinations in the three provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh; and provides compulsory treatment to psychiatric patients in the assigned area. The planned bed capacity of the branch in 2019 and 2020 is 50 beds.

Bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế phát biểu giao nhiệm vụ cho Phân viện tại buổi lễ. Ảnh: Từ Thành

The Minister of Health delivered a speech assigning tasks to the Institute at the ceremony. Photo: Tu Thanh

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien requested relevant departments and bureaus under the Ministry to coordinate with the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry to continue directing the North Central Forensic Psychiatry Branch to soon complete its organization, apparatus, human resources; arrange funding, facilities, equipment and necessary conditions for the Branch to soon come into operation and excellently complete its assigned tasks.

_Chủ tịch UBND tỉnh Thái Thanh Quý đánh giá cao việc Bộ Y tế thành lập Phân viện tại Nghệ An. Ảnh: Từ Thành

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy highly appreciated the Ministry of Health's establishment of a Branch in Nghe An. Photo: Tu Thanh

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee highly appreciated the Ministry of Health's establishment of the Branch in Nghe An to help the province's judicial appraisal work to be better implemented and at the same time help Nghe An to well implement the goal of Resolution 26 of the Politburo to become a High-Tech Medical Center of the region by 2020. Comrade Thai Thanh Quy stated: Nghe An will create the best conditions for the Branch to soon operate stably and effectively.

Thực hiện nghi lễ ra mắt Phân viện Pháp y Tâm thần Bắc Miền Trung. Ảnh: Từ Thành

Performing the launching ceremony of the North Central Forensic Psychiatric Institute. Photo: Tu Thanh

At the launching ceremony, the Ministry of Health also announced the decision to appoint Doctor CKII Phan Kim Thin - Director of Nghe An Provincial Mental Hospital to hold the position of Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, concurrently Director of the North Central Forensic Psychiatry Branch./.

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