The Ministry of Health proposed a plan to arrange and merge hospitals, universities, and disease prevention blocks.

The Ministry of Health has just proposed a plan to rearrange and reorganize the system of public service units in the health sector in the spirit of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the Central Committee. In particular, the Ministry proposed that many medical facilities still maintain the management model under the Ministry of Health, some merge or transfer...

Proposing plans to rearrange and reorganize a number of units

The Ministry of Health said that as of October 2017, the Ministry had 83 affiliated public service units (including 3 affiliated public service units serving the state management function of the Ministry of Health as prescribed in Decree No. 75/2017/ND-CP).

In the period from 2017 to 2025, the Ministry of Health will complete the transfer of 3 hospitals under the Ministry of Health to local management; reorganize units, reduce 4 focal points of units under the Ministry (merge the Journal of Practical Medicine and the Journal of Pharmacy into the Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy; merge the College of Medical Equipment Engineering under the Ministry of Health into the Viet Duc Friendship Hospital into the Viet Duc College of Medicine and Equipment under Viet Duc Hospital; merge the Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy into the National Health Information Center; transfer the Central Hospital 71 and the Central Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospital to Hanoi Medical University).

Many medical facilities still maintain the management model under the Ministry of Health, some merge or transfer...

The Ministry of Health currently directly manages 90 units (including 4 hospitals that will be handed over in 2025), including: the agency serving state management has 3 institutes; the medical examination and treatment sector has 35 hospitals; the prevention sector: 11 units; the training sector: 12 units (including 1 college); the inspection and testing sector: 5 units; the medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and vaccines and biological products sector has 03 units; the Forensic and Forensic Psychiatric Sector: 8 units (3 institutes, 5 centers) and the central agencies and organizations.

The Ministry of Health proposed a plan to reorganize and arrange: including the plan to transfer to local areas: 13 units; Reorganize 11 units.

Regarding the SOS Vietnam System, the Ministry of Health proposed transferring 17 SOS Villages and 25 schools in the SOS Children's Villages Vietnam system to the locality to reorganize 1 unit after completing the handover of units under the SOS Vietnam System to local management (SOS Vietnam Office).

Many medical facilities still maintain the management model under the Ministry of Health, some merge or transfer.

According to the plan proposed by the Ministry of Health, many medical facilities will maintain the management model under the Ministry of Health, some will merge or transfer to localities and medical training facilities to increase exploitation efficiency.

Specifically, of the 39 hospitals under the Ministry of Health, the Ministry proposed that 25 hospitals continue to be under the Ministry. Two hospitals will be merged into other units, the rest will be transferred as is or become facilities of other hospitals.

In particular, continuing to be directly under the Ministry of Health includes frontline hospitals such as Bach Mai Hospital, K Hospital, Viet Duc Hospital, National Children's Hospital, National Maternity Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital, Thong Nhat Hospital... to ensure the leading role in treatment, training and scientific research.

Some specialized hospitals will merge into central general hospitals or large-scale units. For example, Can Tho Orthopedic - Rehabilitation Hospital will merge into Can Tho General Hospital; Ho Chi Minh City Orthopedic - Rehabilitation Hospital will merge into Thong Nhat Hospital...

Many specialized hospitals are proposed to be handed over to localities in their original state in order to decentralize management and exploitation of facilities. These include the Central Psychiatric Hospital II (transferred to the People's Committee of Dong Nai province), Quy Hoa Central Dermatology and Leprosy Hospital (transferred to Gia Lai province), Central Hospital 74 (transferred to Phu Tho province) and Quang Nam Central General Hospital (transferred to Da Nang city).

The Ministry of Health proposed that a number of hospitals be transferred to become practice hospitals for medical universities, such as the Danang Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital transferred to the Danang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy; the Central Hospital 71 and the Central Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospital transferred to the Hanoi Medical University.

Regarding the Forensic and Forensic Psychiatric sectors, the Ministry of Health said it is directly managing 8 units in this group. The units performing the tasks of forensic psychiatric examination have basically ensured consistency according to the Law on Judicial Examination. The Ministry of Health proposed to amend the Law on Judicial Examination and transfer the 5 Centers to local management.

At the same time, the Ministry of Health proposed to reorganize the disease prevention sector to build a strong focal point for national preventive medicine. According to the proposal, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology will continue to be under the Ministry of Health and at the same time become the focal point to perform the functions of the central CDC.

According to the proposal of the Ministry of Health, the medical training block will continue to be maintained, but with adjustments to streamline the network and increase connectivity.

In which, Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy will receive Hai Duong University of Medical Technology. Hai Duong Central College of Pharmacy will merge into Hanoi University of Pharmacy.

Key universities such as Hanoi Medical University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nam Dinh University of Nursing... are still under the Ministry of Health.

These proposed plans are built according to a suitable roadmap to ensure succession, avoid disruption of professional activities and best serve the people.

The Institute of Nutrition, the Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health and the Central Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology will be merged into the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

In the South, the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology and the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Public Health merged into the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute.

Regarding the Inspection, Testing and Equipment, Pharmaceuticals, Food and Vaccines and Medical Biological Products Block, the Ministry of Health proposes to continue to be a unit under the Ministry of Health due to the specific nature of each unit, and at the same time, research to arrange and restructure the internal organization of the units to ensure effective operations.

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