Primary health care facilities merge to become stronger

Staff of Son Vi Commune Health Station examine people's health.

Both stable and improving quality

Son Vi commune currently has over 20,000 people. After the reorganization, the new station has 1 main station and 2 station points; there are 16 medical staff, including 2 doctors. Doctor Nguyen Van Luong, Deputy Head of Son Vi Commune Health Station, said: "The station has just come into operation but the professional tasks are still maintained stably, ensuring uninterrupted service to the people. In addition, so that people do not have to travel far and can access medical services right from the grassroots level, the station has proactively proposed to add equipment such as ultrasound machines, electrocardiograms, hematology - biochemistry - urine tests and office equipment for communication activities."

Coming to Minh Quang Commune Health Station for regular medical examination and blood pressure medication, Mr. Ma Van Gia, Ban Don village, Minh Quang commune said: "Every month I am still used to regular health check-ups and regular medical check-ups at the health station. It is known that the locality has reorganized and merged the three former health stations, Minh Quang, Phuc Son and Hong Quang Health Stations, into one central health station and stations. Currently, I see that medical examination activities at the stations are still taking place normally. Hopefully, after the reorganization, the commune health station will have innovations, have doctors of various specialties, and invest in more spacious and modern equipment to improve the quality of health examinations for our local people."

Completing the primary health care system after the merger

Up to now, the Department of Health has completed the rearrangement of health stations. Accordingly, in 124 new communes and wards, there is 1 health station or regional polyclinic and station points, specifically: arranging 24 regional polyclinics, 100 health stations in new communes (health stations and regional polyclinics are located at the administrative center of the new commune) and 203 health stations in the old communes.

Regarding the number of employees, there are 1,743 civil servants and employees: of which 265 doctors are working at the current health stations (17 communes have 1 doctor/health station; 79 communes have 2 doctors/health station; 22 communes have 3 doctors/health station; 6 communes and wards have 4 doctors/health station). From December, 6 doctors will be dispatched to support at the commune level for a period of 12 months and will continue to be deployed in 2026.

Dr. La Dang Tai, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, said: Currently, commune health stations and regional polyclinics have completed the merger under the management of the Regional Health Center, ensuring good disease prevention and control and primary health care for the people. To continue promoting the achieved results, in the coming time, the health sector will focus on synchronously implementing solutions. In which, training and attracting high-quality medical human resources is still the top priority, along with investment in standard facilities and equipment. Financial policies and allowances for commune-level cadres continue to be improved, creating a stable working environment and long-term commitment.

The merger is a major turning point, posing many challenges but also opening up opportunities for comprehensive innovation of the grassroots health system. With the determination of the entire political system, Tuyen Quang is gradually building a modern, humane, and people-friendly grassroots health system to serve the people better and better.

Article and photos: Minh Hoa

Source: https://baotuyenquang.com.vn/xa-hoi/202512/y-te-co-so-sap-nhap-de-manh-hon-76f2a53/