Strengthening medical work in preventing, combating and overcoming consequences of damage caused by natural disasters before the 2025 storm season - Photo: VGP/HM
Implementing Directive No. 19/CT-TTg dated June 19, 2025 of the Prime Minister on strengthening the work of preventing, combating and overcoming the consequences of damage caused by natural disasters before the 2025 storm season, and at the same time ensuring medical work in preventing, responding to and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters before the 2025 storm season, ensuring absolute safety of people's lives, limiting damage to people's and State's property, the Minister of Health has just signed a Directive on strengthening the work of preventing, combating and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters before the 2025 storm season.
Accordingly, the Minister requested the Department of Health of provinces and cities, and units under the Ministry to strictly implement the directives of the Government, the Prime Minister , the National Civil Defense Steering Committee, the Ministry of Health and related documents on the implementation of work to prevent, combat and overcome the consequences of natural disasters.
Avoid being passive, surprised, or interrupted in leading, directing, and implementing medical work to respond to natural disasters while streamlining the political system's apparatus, rearranging administrative units, and organizing 2-level local governments.
For hospitals and institutes with beds under the Ministry of Health, prepare timely response plans and support localities and units affected by natural disasters and floods when ordered to mobilize.
The Minister of Health also requested the Department of Health of provinces and cities to direct the development of plans to perfect the organization and apparatus of command agencies and perform medical response tasks in preventing, responding to, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters at the provincial and communal levels, assigning responsibilities to organizations and individuals, to be ready to operate when situations arise; ensuring that the work of preventing, combating, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, and search and rescue is operated smoothly, effectively, and efficiently after the merger at the provincial level and the end of the district level.
In addition, review and adjust plans and response options for each type of natural disaster according to the new situation, in accordance with the actual situation in the locality, focusing on drastic measures for emergency, rescue, and relief, ensuring safety for people's lives, especially reducing human losses when landslides, flash floods, floods, and storms occur; ensure 24/7 communication with emergency units to be ready to participate in rescue when mobilized.
Coordinate with local authorities to inspect and review unsafe medical facilities in areas at risk of landslides during heavy rains; proactively organize the relocation and evacuation of medical facilities in low-lying areas at high risk of flooding, flash floods, and landslides.
HM
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