Using and misusing health services

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting in Hanoi on June 23. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded the shortages of drugs and medical supplies and the resignation among health workers be promptly settled while chairing a meeting of the Government’s permanent members in Hanoi on June 23. Explaining the drug and medical supply shortages in some localities and central-level hospitals, the Ministry of Health (MoH) pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic, whose serious impacts in 2020 and 2021 led to the scarcity of materials for production and surged prices and subsequently made it more difficult to purchase medicine and medical supplies . Notably, it noted, some localities and establishments are afraid that they may commit wrongdoings or undergo examination and inspection, so they didn’t dare to buy supplies. In addition, resignation among health workers in the public sector has increased, the MoH said, blaming that on low salaries … [Read more...] about PM requests prompt settlement of medical supply shortages, health workers’ resignation

All agencies are asked to continue administering booster doses for those 18 and above, and complete second doses for those aged 5 -12 in August. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health has issued its latest guidance on COVID-19 vaccinations, which asks all agencies to continue administering booster doses for those 18 and above, and complete second doses for those aged 5-12 within August. The rollout of fourth doses should also be expedited for those aged 18 and above who require it. Authorities should also make plans for the administration of third doses for children aged 12 -17 years old. Additional dose The guidance clearly states that an additional dose (not the third dose) is given to those aged 18 or older, including people with moderate and severe immunodeficiency, such as people undergoing cancer treatment. These groups include organ transplant recipients who are taking immunosuppressive drugs; people receiving T-cell antibody receptor … [Read more...] about Health ministry issues latest guidance on COVID-19 vaccination

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (third from right) presents first-class Labour Order to Vinapharm (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc commended the health care sector for its achievements over the past years and urged the Government and the health sector to take measures to quickly address the current crisis in the sector as many medical workers are leaving their jobs, and hospitals suffer from a shortage of medicine and medical supplies. The State leader attended a ceremony on June 28 to mark the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam Pharmaceutical Corporation (Vinapharm), where he presented the first-class Labour Order to the corporation. health sector and Vinapharm to perfect mechanisms and policies, especially those related to finance, to improve the quality and efficiency of medical services; address the overloading at hospitals; expand the coverage of universal health insurance and health insurance payments; and better control medical costs. … [Read more...] about President hails health care sector’s achievements

Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Phan Van Mai speaks at a wokring session on performance in administrative reform with the People’s Committee of District 1 on July 1. (Photo: SGGP) At the working session, the city’s chairman highly appreciated District 1’s efforts in applying information technology in managing the population and offering public services online to save time and reduce administrative burdens for people and businesses, and implementing a trial of the model of administrative reform . In the first six months, District 1 received and solved more than 334,000 document files and launched innovative models of administrative reform and online public services. The ratio of individuals who have used online public services at levels 1 and 4 showed positive changes. The delegation also inspected the one-door mechanism in granting construction and business licenses in the district and acknowledged its effectiveness and simultaneous cooperation among departments. … [Read more...] about Developing good data platform to improve public services: HCMC’s Chairman

The Ministry of Health has just asked health departments in localities to report on the rising number of resignations among health workers. A health worker falls ill during the Covid-19 outbreak in HCM City in 2019 According to a report from the ministry, thousands of health workers have resigned over the past two years including 900 in the capital, Hanoi. In HCM City, over 1,000 doctors and nurses resigned in 2021 when a large-scale Covid-19 outbreak hit the city. And nearly 400 others left jobs in the first quarter of this year. In the southern province of Dong Nai, as many as 230 doctors, nurses, and other staff members at local hospitals and healthcare centres resigned from work in the first sixth months of 2022, a much higher number compared to previous years. The same problem was reported in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai where 110 health workers quit their jobs in 2021 and 23 others resigned in the first half of 2022. To ensure … [Read more...] about Ministry asks for detailed reports on health worker resignations

The ministry said it is collecting opinions from other ministries and departments on a draft report on measures to combat Covid-19 in the "new normal" situation for submission to the government. The latest assessment comes more than two months after the PM had asked the health ministry to work on declaring Covid-19 an endemic. The ministry said that from March until now, the number of new Covid-19 cases and deaths has "stably decreased," and the number officially registered with the national database has stayed at fewer than 1,000 cases each day in recent times while the death rate has fallen to 0.06 percent of the total number of infections. Vietnam has covered almost 80 percent of its 96-million population with two vaccine doses; and the group of those from five years old are to receive the second doses within June. Despite this, the ministry said it was not the right time for Vietnam to consider Covid-19 endemic because the novel coronavirus is constantly changing and it is … [Read more...] about Not time yet to declare end of Covid-19: health ministry