Thanh Chuong: Opening of Methadone treatment facility

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of October 22, Thanh Chuong District Medical Center opened a facility to treat opioid addiction with Methadone.

As a district with a large area and a large population of nearly 250,000 people, it has 5 border communes, 2 resettlement communes from Tuong Duong district, 53 km of border with Laos, Thanh Thuy National Border Gate, and increasingly convenient traffic, making the situation of drug trafficking, transportation, and use increasingly complicated.

Currently, in Thanh Chuong district, 36/40 communes have drug addicts, the number of drug addicts under management is 304 people, of which 298 are infected with HIV, 207 people have AIDS, the number of people who have died from AIDS is 131 people.

Opening of Methadone Addiction Treatment Center at Thanh Chuong District Medical Center

The Thanh Chuong District Medical Center's use of a Methadone substitution treatment facility for opioid addiction has a very practical meaning. It not only reduces drug cravings, reduces the frequency of opioid use, reduces HIV-risk behaviors, improves health, helps stabilize life, helps addicts gradually quit drugs, improves quality of life, but also reduces costs and burdens for families as well as reduces the risk of crime, stabilizes social order and security.

At the opening ceremony, 13 patients came for Methadone replacement treatment for opioid addiction and from now until the end of the year, we strive to have over 50 patients come for treatment at the Center.

Huu Thinh

(Thanh Chuong Radio)