Cua Lo Town proposes that the National Assembly have an investment policy for grassroots health care.

Working scene. Photo: Mai Hoa

Comrades: Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Deputy Head of the Supervisory Delegation; Tran Nhat Minh - Member of the National Assembly's Law Committee, full-time National Assembly delegate, Deputy Head of the Supervisory Delegation chaired the meeting.

Attending the meeting were members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Vi Van Son - Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee and Pham Thi Hong Toan - Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee; leaders of the Economic - Budget Committee, Provincial People's Council, Department of Health, Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.

Mobilizing more than 30 billion VND for epidemic prevention work

According to the report of the leaders of Cua Lo town People's Committee, with the methodical and drastic direction, from zoning, organizing anti-epidemic and suppression factors, blockade; mobilizing the entire political system to participate, strengthening coordination, closely and effectively combining with departments, branches, provincial units, and localities in receiving people for quarantine in the area as well as mobilizing forces and resources to serve the work of fighting the Covid-19 epidemic.

In particular, mobilizing the people's strength, although the application of blockade measures affects production and business, but the awareness and responsibility of voluntary compliance of the people, the government does not need to apply administrative measures. The business community in the area also supported nearly 2.4 billion VND to fight the epidemic.

Comrade Doan Tien Dung - Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the Town People's Committee reported to the Monitoring Delegation on epidemic prevention and control work and the mobilization and use of resources for epidemic prevention and control work. Photo: Mai Hoa

In addition to socialized resources, the State budget for epidemic prevention and control in cash and converted goods, with a total of more than 28 billion VND.

From the mobilized funds, Cua Lo town has allocated and used them for the right purposes, categories and requirements for Covid-19 prevention and control in the area.

The town also focuses on quickly recovering production and business after the pandemic, with the number of tourists attracted in 2022 reaching more than 3.1 million, of which more than 1.1 million are overnight guests.

The Supervisory Team surveyed the facilities at Nghi Hoa Ward Health Station. Photo: Mai Hoa

Regarding preventive medicine and grassroots health care, according to comrade Doan Tien Dung - Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the Town People's Committee, after the Covid-19 epidemic, it is clear that preventive medicine is extremely important, but previously it has not received attention in terms of human resource organization, implementation plan and consulting the Party Committee and government in using forces to participate in preventive medicine work.

For primary health care, there are also difficulties in terms of facilities, human resources and management mechanisms. Currently, primary health care, human resources and policies are managed by the health sector, while facilities and people belong to the locality.

Currently, the town is planning to review the facilities and human resources of the grassroots health sector to have an investment plan to better meet the task of prevention and improving people's health.

Comrade Pham Thi Hong Toan - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee shared 5 lessons learned in directing the town's epidemic prevention and control work. Photo: Mai Hoa

At the meeting, from the practical experience in directing the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, comrade Pham Thi Hong Toan - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee shared 5 lessons learned, and at the same time, made recommendations to the Supervisory Delegation regarding support policies in the work of preventing and fighting the epidemic; it is necessary to prioritize funding for specialized forces.

In addition, the National Assembly needs to pay attention to policies to support investment in infrastructure associated with attracting community health investment projects for the grassroots level, meeting the minimum requirements in primary health care for the people.

National Assembly Delegate Hoang Thi Thu Hien - Permanent Vice President of the Provincial Women's Union raised a number of issues related to support policies for affected subjects and forces participating in the fight against the epidemic. Photo: Mai Hoa

Attention to preventive medicine and primary health care

After listening to the report of the leaders of the Town People's Committee and directly surveying the practice at the Town Health Center and Nghi Hoa Ward Health Station in the morning, members of the Supervisory Delegation raised many issues related to whether or not there was overlap in the directive documents of all levels in the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic.

Some shortcomings in implementing support mechanisms and policies for affected subjects; some lessons learned in disease prevention and control...

Comrade Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Deputy Head of the Supervisory Delegation raised the issue of how to invest in grassroots health care to promote efficiency. Photo: Mai Hoa

Concerned about the work of grassroots health care, comrade Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Deputy Head of the Supervisory Delegation raised the issue that the preventive health care and grassroots health care lines play an important role, however, currently, the implementation of the line and the mentality of the people still want the upper level to examine and treat diseases, so the problem is how to invest in facilities and human resources for the grassroots level to use effectively, avoiding waste.

At the end of the meeting, comrade Tran Nhat Minh - Member of the Law Committee of the National Assembly, full-time National Assembly delegate, Deputy Head of the Supervisory Delegation highly appreciated the efforts and effectiveness of the epidemic prevention and control work of Cua Lo town, especially the mobilization, management and use of resources for Covid-19 prevention and control for the right purposes, and full payment to the subjects according to regulations.

Comrade Tran Nhat Minh - Member of the National Assembly's Law Committee, full-time National Assembly delegate, Deputy Head of the Supervisory Delegation concluded at the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Deputy Head of the Supervisory Delegation accepted the recommendations and proposals of the town, and at the same time, requested the units to supplement and clarify the proposed issues and report them to the delegation according to regulations; pay attention to finding solutions to handle the backlog in payment, if exceeding the authority, promptly report to the superiors to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles.

The Supervisory Delegation also requested that the town pay more attention to human resources and facilities for grassroots health care, contributing to improving the quality of health care for the people.