How will medical centers and health stations in Ho Chi Minh City be arranged after July 1?

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health submitted to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee (new) to strive to approve the project to reorganize 38 district and Thu Duc City medical centers, 443 ward and commune medical stations within 60 days from July 1.

From July 1, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health strives to reorganize 443 ward and commune health stations into 168 new ward and commune health stations and health points - Photo: XUAN MAI

On June 26, at a meeting with the Working Group on arranging medical centers and medical stations, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong requested that before June 30, the department will receive 22 district, county and Thu Duc City medical centers in their original state, and 273 ward and commune medical stations from the People's Committees of districts, counties and Thu Duc City (from July 1).

Next, within 60 days, the department strives to submit to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City (new) for approval the project to reorganize 38 district and Thu Duc City medical centers into 38 regional medical centers.

At the same time, reorganize 443 ward and commune health stations into 168 new ward and commune health stations and health points.

The Director of the Department of Health also assigned the working group to arrange medical centers and medical stations to coordinate with the Department of Personnel Organization, the Department of Medical Affairs and the City Center for Disease Control, based on the instructions of the Ministry of Health to build the functions, tasks and powers of new ward and commune health stations and medical points.

Regional health centers are responsible for prioritizing the mobilization and supplementing of human resources so that health centers are eligible to sign health insurance contracts. Coordinating human resources between new ward and commune health stations and local health centers is the responsibility of the health center director.

For medical centers with inpatient beds (including medical centers in districts 3, 5, 10 and Can Gio district), the department assigned medical center directors to prioritize increasing medical human resources, especially doctors, to new ward and commune health stations and medical points.

The Department of Personnel Organization will advise the Department's Board of Directors to mobilize and increase medical human resources for regional medical centers facing difficulties in human resources.

Regarding the structure and organization of the departments and offices of the regional medical center, the existing departments and offices will be maintained in the form of a medical center without inpatient beds.

The Director of the City Department of Health requested the Planning and Finance Department to advise the Department's Board of Directors to convert the existing inpatient bed headquarters of the above-mentioned medical centers into suitable types to meet the medical examination and treatment needs of people in the city.

No negligence after merger, affecting people

At the second workshop to discuss solutions for specialized management and provision of health services after the merger of the three Health Departments of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau , Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Loc, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee - Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, reminded the health sector not to be negligent in affecting people's health.

He also suggested that the city's health sector should pay more attention to emergency care, have professional activities on digital transformation, technology infrastructure as well as disease prevention. In addition, it is necessary to carry out 3 breakthroughs of the sector in institutions, public investment and human resources to improve capacity and expand coverage.

Regarding the orientation for the coming days, the Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee requested smooth operation, practice, "load testing" and thoroughly handle the backlog. At the same time, he requested the Ho Chi Minh City health sector to take the lead in forecasting how many tasks are stuck and causing obstacles in order to have a proposal for handling.

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