Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Health to review decentralised administration in privately run medical facilities while enhancing inspections of their operations in five major cities.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Health to review decentralised administration in privately run medical facilities while enhancing inspections of their operations in five major cities.
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At a televised conference under the theme ‘State management in private healthcare’ held in Hanoi on November 4, Deputy PM Nhan commended the health sector’s recent developments in medical check-ups and treatments, but also noted several unfortunate incidents at privately run medical facilities.
The Ministries of Public Security, Health and Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs must work closely together to keep close tabs on foreigners who practise private medicine in Vietnam, Deputy PM Nhan urged.
He expressed his belief that the health sector would effectively roll out steps to better manage private medical clinics nationwide.
The country is now home to 157 non-State hospitals and over 30,000 private clinics, which treated some 6.6 million patients last year. Of those, over two million had their own medical insurance cards and around 200,000 underwent surgery, while nearly 22,000 received a fee exemption or reduction.
There are currently around 250,000 physicians, pharmacists and nurses working across the nation.
In the past, the Health Ministry issued a range of legal documents on health examination and treatment.
(Source:Nhan Dan)
