Nghe An Provincial People's Committee works with the Ministry of Health and Bach Mai Hospital

Attending the meeting, on the side of the Ministry of Health, there were comrades: Le Duc Luan - Deputy Minister of Health; Nguyen Trong Khoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thi Hong Hoa - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; leaders of departments, branches and a number of provincial and non-public hospitals.

On behalf of Bach Mai Hospital, there were comrades: Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co - Director of the Hospital; and comrades in the Board of Directors; Chairman of the Trade Union; leaders of affiliated Departments, Offices, and Centers.

Promote cooperation between Central Hospital and provincial medical facilities

Reporting on the current situation of Nghe An's health sector and development orientation for the period 2024-2030, Deputy Director of the Department of Health Nguyen Huu Le stated that the medical examination and treatment system in the province has 20 public hospitals, 1 provincial center, and 12 district medical centers with 3 functions.

In addition, the province has 17 non-public general and specialized hospitals and 4 hospitals under ministries, branches and the University of Medicine. The preventive health system includes 2 branches, 5 provincial health centers and 9 district, city and town health centers, 460 commune, ward and town health stations.

The Provincial General Friendship Hospital has been recognized by the Ministry of Health as the final hospital in the North Central region in the following specialties: Surgery, Internal Medicine and Obstetrics in 2021. The Oncology Hospital has been recognized by the Ministry of Health as the final hospital in the Oncology specialty in the North Central region in 2024.

The total medical human resources of public and non-public medical units in the province are 20,386 people, including more than 4,400 doctors, more than 900 university pharmacists, and more than 5,000 nurses. By October 2024, the number of doctors per 10,000 people will reach 12.9 doctors, lower than the national average. The number of university pharmacists per 10,000 people will reach 2.8 pharmacists, lower than the national average.

The number of nurses per 10,000 people is 17.6 nurses, lower than the national average. The rate of communes with doctors (full-time and rotating) is 93.7%, of which the number of communes with full-time doctors is 360/460 communes, reaching 78.3%. The rate of communes meeting the National Health Criteria is 77.6%; The number of hospital beds per 10,000 people is 41.3.

In recent years, the work of taking care of people's health in the province has continued to be maintained and achieved many results, the assigned health indicators have basically met and exceeded the set plan.

In medical examination and treatment, synchronous solutions have been implemented to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment services; developing new and advanced techniques is always of interest to hospitals, many new techniques have been deployed and applied.

Strengthening cooperation with Bach Mai Hospital and other central hospitals and universities to train and improve professional capacity for provincial medical staff. Administrative reform, improving medical examination and treatment procedures, and reducing waiting times are focused on and implemented.

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Le Duc Luan - Deputy Minister of Health emphasized that in the coming time, the policy of the Ministry of Health will continue to promote comprehensive cooperation between central hospitals and local medical facilities more and more deeply.

Therefore, it is recommended that Bach Mai Hospital and Nghe An province continue to effectively implement cooperation contents to contribute to strengthening the work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health.

Assessing Nghe An as having a strong healthcare system, the Deputy Minister of Health shared the issues of the healthcare sector in recent times regarding bidding, procurement of medicines, medical supplies and equipment; autonomy mechanism in public healthcare facilities...

Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co - Director of Bach Mai Hospital highly appreciated the quality of Nghe An's healthcare sector, especially the quality of medical examination and treatment, and the quality of human resources at the Provincial General Hospital.

In the coming time, Bach Mai Hospital will be more determined and drastic in actively transferring advanced and specialized techniques to medical facilities in Nghe An province to shoulder the responsibility for the North Central region, thereby reducing the burden on central hospitals; supporting the opening of human resource training courses to develop grassroots healthcare for Nghe An; reviewing the criteria, supporting the Provincial General Friendship Hospital to soon become a special-class hospital.

Support the province to build and develop the health system. Vinh City becomes the core of the Specialized Medical Center.
North Central region

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that Nghe An is a difficult locality. However, in recent times, the province has made efforts and achieved positive results in the socio-economic field, thereby striving to soon become a well-off province.

In the context of many difficulties, the province has paid attention to leadership, direction, and resources for the development of the health sector and has achieved remarkable results in the work of protecting, caring for, and improving people's health.

Emphasizing the importance of the meeting, the head of the Provincial People's Committee sincerely thanked the support and cooperation of the Ministry of Health and Bach Mai Hospital for medical facilities in the province in the past time, contributing to improving the capacity of the provincial health sector and improving the quality of medical examination and treatment. Such support and cooperation have greatly benefited the people of Nghe An province, the North Central provinces and Laos.

In the coming time, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested the Ministry of Health to continue to pay attention, help and support Nghe An province to complete the goal of building and developing the Vinh city health system to become the core of the North Central region's specialized medical center in the spirit of Resolution No. 39 of the Politburo.

Continue to direct Central hospitals to support Nghe An province in receiving, transferring and effectively implementing specialized techniques in treatment, creating conditions for Nghe An to establish a Cardiovascular Hospital and a Tropical Hospital.

On the other hand, continue to direct, support and guide the Provincial General Hospital to soon become a special-class hospital; consider, support and guide on expertise and equipment for Nghe An Provincial General Hospital to establish an "Organ Tissue Transplant Center".

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also expressed his gratitude and highly appreciated the cooperation results between Bach Mai Hospital and medical facilities in the province. The cooperation contents are extremely effective and meaningful.

In the coming time, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung hopes that Bach Mai Hospital will coordinate and unify the development of a plan for annual cooperation and support activities between the hospital and medical facilities in Nghe An province.

In addition, Bach Mai Hospital is requested to support Nghe An province, especially medical facilities, to develop comprehensive programs and solutions to improve professional quality in the medical field. Arrange human resources and experts to serve training and technology transfer. Strengthen monitoring activities after cooperation in technology transfer.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung assigned the Department of Health to take the lead in developing plans and cooperation and support activities between medical facilities in the province and Bach Mai Hospital; and advise the Provincial People's Committee on necessary conditions to implement cooperation contents.