Well implement the work of examining and checking the health of officials serving Party Congresses at all levels

On the afternoon of February 19, the Central Committee for the Protection and Care of Officials' Health held a national online conference to deploy key tasks in 2020 and Decision 215-QD/TW of the Secretariat on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Central Committee for the Protection and Care of Officials' Health.

Attending the conference in Hanoi were comrades: Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Committee; Nguyen Thi Kim Tien - Head of the Central Committee for Protection and Health Care of Officials; Ha Ban - Party Central Committee member, Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee, Permanent Deputy Head of the Central Committee for Protection and Health Care of Officials;... At the Nghe An province bridge, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ho Phuc Hop - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee co-chaired; also attending were leaders of district, city, town Party Committees and affiliated Party Committees; Provincial Cadre Health Care and Protection Board... Photo: Thanh Duy

IMPLEMENTING NEW REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARIAT ON THE PROTECTION AND HEALTH CARE BOARD FOR OFFICIALS

At the conference, comrade Nguyen Thi Kim Tien presented a report on the implementation of key tasks of health protection in 2020. Next, the Organizing Committee disseminated Decision 215-QD/TW dated January 2, 2020 of the Secretariat on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Central Committee for Health Protection and Care of Cadres (Decision 215). This Decision replaced Decision No. 242-QD/TW dated April 15, 2014 of the Secretariat of the 11th tenure.

According to Decision 215, the Central Committee for the Protection and Care of the Health of Officials is an agency with the function of advising and assisting the Politburo and the Secretariat in regularly monitoring, directing, and organizing the implementation of the work of protecting, caring for, and improving the health of officials according to the decentralization. At the same time, it is the agency in charge of coordinating the activities of protecting and caring for the health of high-ranking officials according to the regulations of the Secretariat.

Delegates follow the conference at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Central Committee for the Protection and Care of Cadres' Health has one head, three deputy heads and members. In addition, the Committee has affiliated units, the Office of the Committee and professional councils, which are advisory organizations, operating on a part-time basis. At the conference, a number of localities also presented their opinions on activities to protect and care for cadres' health.

On this occasion, the Organizing Committee announced the decision on the list of the Professional Council under the Central Committee for Protection and Health Care of Cadres and carried out emulation and reward work.

Cadres' health is an important issue for the Party.

Speaking at the conference, Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organizing Committee acknowledged and commended the performance of the Health Care Protection Committees from the central to local levels in 2019.

In 2020 and the coming years, comrade Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the Board for Protection and Health Care of Cadres needs to continue to thoroughly grasp the awareness and viewpoint that cadre health in general, and the health of high-ranking cadres in particular, is an important issue, a crucial issue of the Party; it is necessary to unify awareness to properly solve this issue, in accordance with the conditions and circumstances of our country.

“People are valuable assets, cadres are the key of the key; investing in people, investing in cadres is investing in both short-term and long-term development to serve the country,” said the Head of the Central Organizing Committee.

Therefore, he suggested that Party committees, Party organizations, advisory agencies, support agencies, and professional councils pay attention, focus on, and increase awareness related to this task, in order to better perform the work of taking care of cadres' health, more thoughtfully, with better quality, and more effectively.

Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Commission. Photo: Thanh Hung/vietnamnet.vn

In addition, the Committee for Protection and Health Care of Cadres at all levels needs to provide guidance on the effective implementation of health examination and check-up of cadres serving Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 13th National Congress of the Party.

The Central Committee for the Protection and Care of Cadres' Health shall preside over and advise the Politburo and the Secretariat to complete regulations and rules on health care for cadres at all levels on that basis to implement in accordance with the functions and authority associated with appropriate sanctions; develop a project to submit to competent authorities for training plans, improve the quality of operations of professional councils and specialized agencies;...

"Ideology must be clear, awareness must be clear, determination must be high, efforts must be great and actions must be drastic and effective," the Head of the Central Organizing Committee emphasized the working spirit for the team of cadres working to protect and take care of cadres' health.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke about a number of key tasks related to the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic right after the online conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

At Nghe An bridge, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested delegates to absorb the conference content and continue to do a good job of protecting and taking care of the health of cadres.

Immediately after the conference, regarding the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in the province, in front of the leaders of the districts, cities and towns attending the conference, the Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that, in addition to the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of the province, the Steering Committees of the districts, cities and towns must always proactively raise vigilance, clearly assign and divide tasks, and urge the communes; at the same time, most importantly, grasp the local situation.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy emphasized that we must always be ready, control and monitor the situation well, to handle situations (if any) that arise, and not be subjective because the development of the Covid-19 epidemic is still complicated.