The assault on medical staff at Hospital 115 is among the top events in the health sector.
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the 2017 summary report of the Ministry of Health, the assault on medical staff at Hospital 115 was one of the 10 outstanding events of the health sector in the past year.
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| With Resolution 20 of the Central Executive Committee, grassroots healthcare will be given more emphasis on strong development. Photo: Tu Thanh |
According to the report of the Ministry of Health, 10 outstanding events of the health sector nationwide include:
1.The Central Executive Committee issued two Resolutions: Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW on strengthening the work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health in the new situation and Resolution No. 21-NQ/TW on population work in the new situation.
2.Including salary costs in medical service prices contributes to improving the quality of medical examination and treatment, increasing the number of financially autonomous units, reducing the number of people receiving salaries from the state budget, and increasing the health insurance rate to 86.4%.
3.Innovate and reorganize the health system in the direction of streamlining the apparatus on the basis of merging medical centers performing preventive medicine tasks without hospital beds into provincial/municipal Centers for Disease Control.
4.Many scientific and technical advances have been successfully applied in the field of organ transplantation (Lung transplant at Military Hospital 103, Military Medical Academy; Heart transplant at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital; Kidney transplant at Cho Ray Hospital).
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| A dialysis incident at Hoa Binh General Hospital left 8 people dead. Photo: Internet |
5.Establish personal health records at commune health stations and implement a project to strengthen grassroots health care.
6.The National Immunization Information Management System has been put into use. The system has been applied nationwide. To date, the system has recorded 8,713,381 subjects.
7.National centralized drug bidding helps reduce drug costs and save budget.
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| Assaults on doctors on duty were also one of the 10 outstanding events in the medical industry in 2017. Photo: Archive |
8.Vietnam is self-sufficient in producing Measles-Rubella vaccine, becoming one of four Asian countries that can produce this combination vaccine (China, Japan and India).
9.A rare incident occurred during hemodialysis at Hoa Binh General Hospital on the morning of May 29, 2017, causing 8 deaths.
10.There have been many cases of assaults and attacks on doctors while on duty. Typical cases include those at Thach That Hospital (Hanoi), 115 Hospital (Nghe An), Huong Long Commune Health Station (Ha Tinh), Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Hospital Dong Hoi, 115 Thai Binh Hospital...
In 2017, the health sector exceeded two targets assigned by the National Assembly: the number of hospital beds per 10,000 people (assigned 22.5, achieved 25.7) and the rate of population participating in health insurance (assigned 82.2%, achieved 86.4%)./.
