As long as there are patients in the hospital, doctors and nurses cannot rest.

On the afternoon of February 8 (ie 29th of the Lunar New Year 2024), in Hanoi, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and wished a happy new year to cadres, doctors, medical staff, and patients being treated at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital and the National Children's Hospital.

According to the Government Office , at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the spirit and responsibility of all cadres, doctors, and medical staff of the hospital in serving patients.

The Prime Minister also shared the hardships that patients and their families are going through, especially during the Tet holiday.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents gifts to patients being treated at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital. Photo: Nhat Bac

Recalling President Ho Chi Minh's teaching "A doctor is like a kind mother", the Prime Minister requested that hospital staff, doctors, and medical workers take care of patients as if they were their own relatives; feel the pain of patients as if it were their own pain; as long as there are patients in the hospital, doctors and medical workers cannot rest.

Highlighting the country's outstanding achievements in 2023, the Prime Minister emphasized the important contributions of the health sector, especially in preventing and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, to create conditions for the whole country to restore and develop the socio-economy, including the contribution of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.

The Prime Minister requested that during these Tet holidays, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital must prioritize receiving and actively treating patients; be on duty and admit patients with the highest responsibility, receive patients as quickly and promptly as possible; be ready to be on duty and handle any incidents that may occur; fully prepare equipment and means; meet requirements for medicine...

The Prime Minister also hopes that hospitals will strengthen their practice summarization, scientific research and dissemination of achievements, especially in areas where hospitals have traditions and strengths, as well as in areas where problems have occurred in practice.

The Prime Minister also hopes that the hospital will contribute to building institutions, proposing solutions to difficulties; participating in the digital transformation process, supporting lower levels; training human resources in the fields in which the hospital has strengths...

Talking to doctors and nurses at the clinic about the emergency situation of accident cases during Tet, the Prime Minister asked doctors and nurses to make efforts to take advantage of the golden hour, prioritizing saving people first, then patients complete paperwork and procedures later.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented gifts and sympathized with patients and their families who still had to stay in the hospital and could not go home to celebrate Tet. Photo: Nhat Bac

Visiting, wishing a happy new year, and giving gifts to encourage staff, doctors, and patients at the National Children's Hospital, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sympathized with the patients, their families, and doctors who still had to stay in the hospital and could not go home to celebrate Tet.

The Prime Minister also expressed his emotion and thanked the medical staff of the National Children's Hospital for their efforts in treating the sick children, as well as organizing entertainment activities for the children and taking care of the families of the patients to partially compensate for the disadvantages of having to stay in the hospital during this time.

The Prime Minister emphasized that if each person is healthy, the whole nation will be healthy; children are the future of the country, if they are healthy, our nation will be healthy and develop strongly.

The Prime Minister hopes that doctors and nurses will make efforts to take care of the children's medical examination and treatment, nutrition and mental health during treatment; at the same time, care for, encourage and create favorable conditions for the children's relatives, especially on this occasion.

The Prime Minister requested the hospital to do a good job of disease prevention, ensure environmental hygiene and food safety, and quickly complete the investment in building a second facility in Quoc Oai, Hanoi.

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