Just for the sake of it?

For many years now, the situation of "buying and selling" health certificates to apply for school, work, take exams or change driver's licenses has become familiar to many people. Many medical facilities have been discovered and handled by authorities for this violation. However, besides this "buying and selling", another very worrying problem exists in some medical facilities but is rarely mentioned, which is the "examination for the sake of it".

Báo Thái Nguyên•25/05/2025

Doctors who properly perform medical examinations for test takers or issue and renew driving licenses also help reduce traffic accidents. Photo for illustration purposes only.

Doctors who properly perform their responsibilities in examining the health of test takers or issuing and renewing driver's licenses also help reduce traffic accidents (Illustrative photo) .

During our work to promote this field, we “witnessed” a private clinic in Thai Nguyen City, with the content of health examination for driving class B. The health examination process to change the driving license (GPLX) here surprised us a lot.

In just about 30 minutes, the examiner completed all the steps and held in his hand the examination paper with the conclusion “fit to drive class B”. It is worth mentioning that while there were many contents that needed to be examined, the examiner was only required to measure blood pressure, eyesight and urine. Other contents such as mental, neurological, musculoskeletal examinations… were all filled in “normally” by the doctor after one or two questions.

Medical examination for going to school, going to work or renewing a driving license is a mandatory procedure according to regulations to assess whether a person is healthy or not. The purpose of renewing a driving license is to assess the driver's ability to drive, ensuring that they do not have diseases that affect traffic safety such as cardiovascular, neurological, vision, slow reflexes, etc. However, this goal is sometimes overlooked because the examination is a formality.

In the current context, when traffic accidents are still a major concern for the whole society, the laxity in health checks for drivers - especially car drivers - is an issue that cannot be taken lightly. A person with health problems but still being granted a new driver's license will potentially cause serious consequences for themselves and the community. If vehicle inspection is necessary to ensure technical safety, then health checks should also be considered a "human inspection" - the first filtering step to eliminate potential risks on the road.

Therefore, to tighten this work, first of all, the authorities need to review, increase inspections, conduct surprise checks and strictly handle violators. Only facilities with sufficient professional capacity, facilities and ensuring proper implementation of procedures can continue to conduct examinations.

On the side of medical facilities, especially doctors - the ones who have the right to sign the medical examination papers, need to improve their professional responsibility. A "normal" conclusion seems simple, but it can be the life and death of an entire family if the person holding the wheel unfortunately has health problems on the road.

Do not be lenient and please a certain group of customers to compete with other facilities, unintentionally bringing unpredictable dangers to yourself and others.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/xa-hoi/202505/kham-cho-co-53d2e10/