The press circle in general and key press agencies in particularly always accompany the health sector, heard a meeting held in Hanoi on February 24 on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
Though the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has just coordinated with the Department of Information and Communications to implement the process of digital transformation for management of Covid-19 patients at home to create convenience for people and reduce workload for staff at health stations, just a few people infected with the coronavirus made the online declaration after one week of implementation. The health sector should perfect the online health declaration system.
The Voice of HCMC People (VOH) and the City’s Department of Health on February 26 held an award ceremony of the “Vietnam medical achievement award” honoring remarkable achievements of the health sector in the year 2021, celebrating the 67th Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27).
The People's Committee in Ho Chi Minh City has asked the Department of Health to give accurate information on the coronavirus pandemic prevention mission.
The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday sent a document to departments and agencies on the implementation of medical instructions for epidemic prevention for foreigners entering Vietnam to work for a short time.
Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City Cao Thanh Binh said that in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic in the city, grassroots healthcare institutions play a significant role; however, there have been existing difficulties and inadequacies in grassroots medical facilities which require the health sector to have solutions to improve medical facilities in districts.
The development of the Covid-19 epidemic in the Mekong Delta region is complicated as the rate of locally-transmitted infection cases soars continuously. Health sectors in the Mekong Delta provinces have not thoroughly controlled Covid-19 outbreaks at seafood processing plants, blockade areas, isolation areas.
Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc directed to mobilize capital for purchase of medical equipment for three infirmaries located in the city gateways as soon as possible.
The health sector has identified three changes in the strategy for COVID-19 prevention and control, relating to the combination of samples for testing, home quarantine for children under five years of age, and the transportation of goods stuck in pandemic-hit areas.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested the Ministry of Health to develop specific action plans for the following years in line with goals and visions set by the upcoming 13th National Party Congress.
At the yesterday ceremony to congratulate acting Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long who has been appointed as health minister, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed that in the upcoming time, the new health minister must direct to well control Covid-19 and other diseases including diphtheria, dengue and seasonal flu.
The health authority in Ho Chi Minh City in coordination with state competent agencies will pay unscheduled visits to production facilities, industrial parks and export processing zones especially those that have not complied with Covid-19 prevention regulations.
Ho Chi Minh City’s health sector has applied technology and artificially intelligent tools which have primarily brought good results contributing to the smart city project.
Chairman of People’s Committee in the central city of Da Nang Huynh Duc Tho requested the health sector to learn lesson from recent medical incidents, announced the Office of Danang National Assembly Delegation, People’s Council and People’s Committee yesterday.
After three-year implementation of the project “For a healthy heart of community”, around 58 percent of residents aged over 40 have been screened for high blood pressure.
The Department of Tourism and the Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City jointly organized a program named “Introducing medical tourism products in the dental and traditional medicine field” yesterday to enhance potential development opportunities in the medical tourism field.
Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man said that Fatherland Front and health sector, related agencies, religious organizations should expand healthcare services.
With message “Blood donation- Your life and my life”, the voluntary blood donation festival Red Sunday 2019 will take place in 40 cities and province countrywide expecting to receive around 45,000 to 50,000 blood units.
Forty-two residents of Kim Thuong Commune in the northern province of Phu Tho tested positive for HIV after 490 people underwent testing in the HIV incident in the province.
