Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan: Commune-level health stations will be complete public service units.

Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has responded to voters' opinions on the proposal to merge new commune and ward health stations.

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Minister Dao Hong Lan has responded to the petitions of voters from the provinces sent before the 9th session of the National Assembly .

In which, voters of Dak Lak province proposed to the Government that when implementing the policy and merger project, district-level medical centers be converted into regional hospitals (inter-commune, ward) under the management of the Department of Health .

Merge commune-level health stations under the management of (new) communes and wards to ensure initial examination and first aid.

Regarding this content, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said that implementing Conclusion 137 of the Politburo, Secretariat and Resolution 74 of the Government on the arrangement of administrative units at all levels, building a two-level local government organization model, in June 2025, the Ministry of Health issued Circular 20.

The Circular aims to guide the functions, tasks and powers of specialized health agencies under the People's Committees of provinces, cities and People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones.

The Ministry of Health is urgently developing and completing a circular guiding the functions and tasks of commune health stations in accordance with the two-level government organization model.

Accordingly, it is expected that the commune-level health station will be a complete public service unit.

What are the functions of commune health stations?

Previously, the Ministry of Health issued a document guiding the arrangement of local medical facilities when implementing the two-level local government organization model.

In the immediate future, the system of public health service units in the locality will be stabilized; arrangements will only be made when absolutely necessary and will not affect the activities serving the essential needs of local people.

Transfer medical centers under the district People's Committee to the health department for management to organize service provision in inter-commune and ward areas.

Maintain commune, ward, and town health stations and regional polyclinics (if any) under the current health center, or arrange old commune-level health stations into new commune-level health stations and have health points in old communes to serve the people.

In the draft circular guiding the functions and tasks of commune and ward health stations, which was consulted at the end of May 2025, the Ministry of Health proposed that commune health stations be public health service units under the People's Committees of communes and wards under provinces and cities.

Commune health stations have legal status, headquarters, seals, and separate accounts. They are allowed to open accounts at the State Treasury and banks in accordance with the law.

Commune health stations are under the comprehensive management of the People's Committee at the commune level. At the same time, they are under the professional state management of the Department of Health, and professional guidance and direction of public service units in the fields of health, food safety, population, social protection, social assistance, mothers, children and other health services in the area according to the provisions of law.

According to the draft, the station has the function of providing professional and technical services in primary health care, including preventive medicine, medical examination and treatment, rehabilitation, reproductive health, food safety, population, social protection, prevention and control of social evils...

In terms of expertise, commune health stations are given many new tasks and powers such as performing techniques, procedures, surgeries and transferring patients to medical facilities.

This is where tests, diagnostic imaging and functional testing can be performed... Previously, these techniques were mostly performed at district-level medical facilities.

Organizations under the commune health station include the disease prevention department; the medical examination and treatment and rehabilitation department; the pharmacy - paraclinical department; the population - social protection - health education and communication department...

Other organizations under the health station (if any) have functions and tasks prescribed by competent authorities based on needs and actual conditions in the locality and according to regulations of law.

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