Patients are being examined at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: THU HIEN
On June 30, Associate Professor, Dr. Tang Chi Thuong - Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health - said that from July 1, the new city's health sector will have 2 branches and 124 public service units, including 32 general hospitals, 28 specialized hospitals, 11 non-bed centers, 15 social protection centers and 38 regional health centers.
Regarding health stations, after the merger, the entire city has 443 existing health stations at ward and commune levels. These stations will continue to perform their current tasks and functions to avoid disrupting primary health care activities for the people.
Within 60 days (according to the project approved by the City People's Committee), the Department of Health will convert into 168 ward and commune health stations corresponding to the new wards and communes and 296 health points.
At the same time, based on the instructions of the Ministry of Health , develop the functions, tasks and powers of new ward and commune health stations and health points.
The Department of Health has assigned regional medical centers to prioritize additional human resources so that medical stations and medical points are eligible to sign health insurance examination and treatment contracts (for stations and medical points that have not yet implemented health insurance examination and treatment).
Regarding health centers, 38 district health centers (17 with beds, 21 without beds) will be converted into 38 regional health centers, in charge of 168 commune and ward health stations.
As for the 4 centers with inpatient beds in the old Ho Chi Minh City (including districts 3, 5, 10 and Can Gio) will be converted into regional medical centers without beds. The Department of Health assigned the directors of the medical centers to prioritize increasing medical human resources, especially doctors, to the new ward and commune health stations and medical points.
Next, existing inpatient facilities will be converted to appropriate types to meet the medical examination and treatment needs of people in the city.
The Con Dao Military-Civilian Medical Center, under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, will soon receive specialized medical personnel support from general and specialized hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City from July 1 - Photo: Provided by the Department of Health
For the new system of medical examination and treatment facilities in Ho Chi Minh City, there will be 162 hospitals, including 12 ministerial and sector hospitals, 32 general hospitals, 28 specialized hospitals, and 90 non-public hospitals.
In addition, the number of private clinics has also increased significantly. Specifically, there are approximately 9,886 specialized clinics, 351 general clinics and 15,611 pharmaceutical businesses and pharmacies.
According to Associate Professor Tang Chi Thuong, the new healthcare system with diverse types and increasing number of facilities, along with the expanding scale of the area, poses many challenges in the management of the city's healthcare sector, requiring a unified, flexible and modern management mechanism.
"The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health will promote the application of information technology and digital transformation in management and administration, ensure reasonable allocation of resources, and strengthen connections between medical facilities and levels.
At the same time, building a team of qualified human resources to adapt to the new organizational model, in order to better meet the increasing and diverse health care needs of the city's people in the new period," he said.
Expanding the coverage of the 115 emergency network throughout the area
Regarding the 115 Emergency system, Ho Chi Minh City currently has 1 115 Emergency Center and 45 satellite emergency stations, mainly in existing areas.
In the coming time, the City Health Department will continue to expand the network of satellite emergency stations to ensure coverage of the entire new city area.
The Department of Health advised the City People's Committee on a plan to merge non-hospital centers with the same name (City Center for Disease Control, Medical Examination Center, Forensic Examination Center) with the goal of streamlining, efficiency, effectiveness, and efficiency according to the direction of the City's leaders.
Also since July 1, the city has 110 social protection centers, including 15 public centers and 95 non-public centers.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/he-thong-y-te-tp-hcm-hoat-dong-ra-sao-tu-ngay-1-7-20250630184253815.htm
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