More preferential policies to attract young doctors working in infirmaries in suburbs are needed because a few of them applied for a position in medical facilities in outlying districts.
The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City proposed more drugs paid for by health insurance agencies in district health centers to attract more patients.
Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Assoc.Prof.Tang Chi Thuong talked about solutions to improve the quality of grassroots medical facilities in the city.
Yesterday evening, the Ministry of Health said that the country recorded 1,522 new cases of Covid-19, this is the highest number of cases recorded in a day in more than 6 months.
The health sector in Ho Chi Minh City is determined to be strongly oriented towards modern medicine by promoting the application and development of digital and smart technologies.
Deputy Director Lam Hung Tan of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs said that the southern largest city will propose some mechanism and specific policies to attract healthcare workers for grassroots medical centers and continue mobile medical centers.
A leader of the Hanoi People's Committee suggested that residents shouldn’t think all people will be infected with the coronavirus and relaxed behavior to the disease because they have already got three shots of vaccine.
This morning, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health held a ceremony to welcome 300 new graduates of medical universities to work at grassroots health clinics.
Referring to the new method that can identify the Omicron variant without having to go through the gene sequencing process being studied in Ho Chi Minh City, Chairman of the city People's Committee Phan Van Mai directed the Department of Health and the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City to soon complete this solution for early registration to ensure intellectual property rights and put it in practice.
Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai said that according to the Government’s Resolution 128 that safe adaptation must be implemented, the level of openness of economic and social activities thus depends on the epidemic development.