Through regulations to support medical examination and treatment costs for the poor

(Baonghean.vn) -On the afternoon of October 25, the Provincial People's Committee continued its regular October meeting. Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting.

The main content of this afternoon's meeting of the Provincial People's Committee is to listen to and give opinions on the results of 7 years of implementing Resolution No. 08 - NQ/TU dated November 16, 2006 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee "on improving the quality of medical examination, treatment and health care for people by 2020 and the following years; Draft decision on regulations on partial support of medical examination and treatment costs for the poor in Nghe An province.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong chaired the meeting.

After 7 years of implementing Resolution No. 08, the work of medical examination and treatment and health care for people in the province has achieved many remarkable results. However, some targets have not been achieved compared to the plan, especially targets requiring high socialization such as: the rate of communes with doctors; the rate of villages with active medical staff; the rate of malnutrition in children under 5 years old... The quality of medical examination and treatment, service attitude, and medical ethics of some health sector staff have not been as expected; the management of medical examination and treatment activities and private medical practice in some districts is not strict; there is a lack of highly qualified, specialized and specialized staff at all levels. Up to now, the whole sector still lacks 243 doctors; pharmacists lack 35 people. The overload situation in some hospitals has not been resolved; the management and use of drugs and medical equipment is not very effective.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong noted that in the coming time, the health sector needs to increase investment in facilities for grassroots health care; actively promote socialization in the health sector; recommend the Provincial Party Committee to call for investment to have more non-public medical examination and treatment facilities and international hospitals; continue to increase training and recruitment plan targets and have reasonable remuneration policies to have a medical team of caliber, meeting requirements and tasks.

In the meeting this afternoon, the Provincial People's Committee also agreed to approve the draft decision on regulations to support part of the medical examination and treatment costs for the poor in Nghe An province. Regarding this content, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong noted that the health sector must have a fund management board to ensure that the support funds reach the right subjects, are used for the right purposes, and are effective.

Regarding the project to establish the Hoang Mai town medical center, the provincial People's Committee unanimously approved it but required careful preparation of facilities, human resources, means, and organizational structure to meet the standards of a medical center with hospital beds to serve the medical examination and treatment needs of patients.

News and photos: Khanh Ly