On the morning of May 29, continuing the program of the Fifth Session, the National Assembly listened to the report of the Monitoring Delegation on the mobilization, management and use of resources for the prevention and control of the Covid-5 epidemic; the implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health care, preventive medicine and discussion in the hall on this content. The meeting was conducted under the chairmanship of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the direction of National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh moderated the discussion on the mobilization, management and use of resources for the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. 

The army does well what it has never done before

According to delegate Hoang Ngoc Dinh (Ha Giang Provincial National Assembly Delegation), as one of the core forces participating in epidemic prevention and control, from the very beginning, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have drastically directed the Agencies and units promptly mobilize forces to participate in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. Specifically, more than 192.000 turns of qualified officers and soldiers have been mobilized to meet the requirements of epidemic prevention and control practices to support localities to effectively implement solutions to prevent and control the epidemic. contribute to effective disease control.

Military forces have participated in epidemic prevention and control with many different tasks, such as medical examination and treatment, vaccination, isolation of citizens on entry, and active participation in ensuring social security. . There are jobs that the army has never done before, but has organized and completed it very well, such as burial, transporting corpses, ashes of Covid victims...

Delegate Hoang Ngoc Dinh spoke. 

The army, directly the Border Guard, has also coordinated with local authorities and worked very closely with relevant functional forces to well control the land and sea border lines, prevent thoroughly to prevent illegal entry and exit, to prevent epidemics from entering across the border, and to take advantage of bad actors to organize anti-sabotage activities, firmly protect national border sovereignty, regularly maintaining about 20.000 groups and checkpoints at border gates, trails and openings with about 13.000 turns of Border Guard officers and soldiers directly participating.

Four lessons learned from mobilizing and using resources

In addition to the results achieved as reported in the report, delegate Hoang Ngoc Dinh said that there are still many limitations and that is also a lesson learned in responding to situations similar to the Covid-19 pandemic. last XNUMX.

The first is the need for synchronization and consistency in mobilizing and mobilizing human resources, including private forces, and assigning the right people and right tasks to each individual to participate in epidemic prevention and control. bring into play their capacity and forte, limit their short-terms and participate in the most effective epidemic prevention and control.

Session scene. 

Second, regimes and policies for forces participating in epidemic prevention and control, especially on the front lines, are still slow and incomplete as the monitoring report has shown.

Third, in the epidemic prevention and control, there have been many typical examples, the Prime Minister, the People's Committees of the provinces and cities have given forms of rewards to individuals and organizations in a very timely manner. However, the delegate suggested that the Government and localities continue to review to honor and reward collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements when participating in epidemic prevention and control.

Fourth, the National Assembly is discussing and the Law on Civil Defense will be passed at this session with many regulations related to mobilization, management and use of resources for civil defense, including regulations on the establishment of the Civil Defense Fund. “This is a very appropriate regulation, especially in the context that our country has just experienced an unprecedented pandemic in its history, with many lessons learned in dealing with urgent and catastrophic epidemic situations. natural disasters, wars, including lessons on resource initiative," said delegate Hoang Ngoc Dinh.

Ensuring fairness between forces participating in epidemic prevention and control

Delegate Hoang Ngoc Dinh especially emphasized on regimes and policies for forces indirectly participating in epidemic prevention and control. At the most difficult times of epidemic outbreaks, as well as the direct medical force on the front lines, the staff in the indirect departments have also actively participated in the prevention and control of the epidemic. Covid-19. 

 
Delegates at the meeting. 

Delegates gave the example of the driver department carrying out the task of carrying people to trace, media reporters into epidemic areas, medical isolation areas to focus on investigation and tracing. The finance, accounting, and professional planning departments directly collect testing fees at units and isolated areas. The administrative organization division mobilizes human resources and means to participate in epidemic prevention and control, serving logistics work. Health communication and education department daily updates propaganda information for epidemic prevention and control under the direction of the Government, Ministry of Health, People's Committees at all levels and health agencies at all levels to the village. copy. 

“The above departments work day and night, excluding days off, and often, directly in contact with high-risk environments, in order to best ensure logistics for frontline forces. fight against the epidemic, successfully contributing to the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic," said delegate Hoang Ngoc Dinh.

Recently, the Government has issued Decree No. 05/2023/ND-CP dated February 15, 2 on supplementing and increasing the occupational incentive allowance for preventive health workers and primary level health workers. base to 2023%. The decree also only mentions the number of staff working regularly and directly, there is no policy to support indirect objects. 

 The Chairman and Secretary of the meeting.

Emphasizing that, the delegate said that, in order to ensure the interests, encourage cadres to work indirectly and ensure fairness among forces participating in epidemic prevention and control in general and prevention work, In the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic in particular, the Government, the National Assembly, relevant agencies and organizations need to consider and supplement policies and increase the vocational incentive allowance for drivers, administration and accountants. and other staff in the preventive health system…

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