Primary health care must change in a groundbreaking way.

“The grassroots health sector must make breakthrough changes to ensure that people have access to the best primary health care services; only then can we create trust among the people and move towards universal health insurance coverage,” Comrade Huynh Quoc Viet, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ca Mau province, emphasized during an inspection of the activities of health stations in the province on November 11.

Báo Cà Mau•11/11/2025

Provincial Party Committee delegation inspected Dinh Thanh Commune Health Station.

The working group inspected the health stations of Dinh Thanh, An Trach, Long Dien, Dong Hai and Vinh Hau communes. At the destinations, representatives of the health stations recommended that the province soon invest in building new or renovating and upgrading the headquarters; equipping more machinery and equipment such as hematology, electrocardiography, biochemistry, ultrasound and computers to digitize medical records. In addition, the stations proposed to add medical staff to meet the increasing workload; at the same time, recommended providing enough medicine as planned, especially essential medicine for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Huynh Quoc Viet visited the health of people coming to An Trach Commune Health Station for treatment.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Huynh Quoc Viet visited patients being treated at Long Dien Commune Health Station.

Sharing the practical difficulties of grassroots healthcare, comrade Huynh Quoc Viet requested local leaders and the health sector to closely coordinate in managing grassroots healthcare activities; maximize the functions of health stations after the rearrangement; promptly train and coach to improve professional skills and propose appropriate policies and regimes for frontline medical staff.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Huynh Quoc Viet requested medical stations to promote digital transformation, especially updating electronic health records.

He emphasized: The implementation of Resolution 72 of the Politburo on breakthrough solutions to strengthen the protection, care and improvement of people's health has been concretized by Ca Mau province with an action program with many important goals, in which grassroots health care must create strong changes. After this inspection, the province will complete the project to implement Resolution 72 to ensure strictness and effectiveness.

Regarding investment in infrastructure and equipment, comrade Huynh Quoc Viet suggested that the health sector coordinate with localities to carefully calculate and implement in a long-term and systematic manner; prioritize equipment suitable for medical examination and treatment needs and serve digital transformation.

At the same time, health stations must strengthen community health activities, maintain home visit teams to meet the increasing demand for health care; promote digital transformation, especially updating electronic health records, ensuring speed and timeliness. Stations need to prioritize care for poor, near-poor households and those in difficult circumstances, ensuring that everyone has access to health care services.

The working delegation shared difficulties and encouraged the staff at Dong Hai Commune Health Station.