(VOVworld) – HCM city has invested significantly in the medical sector by improving its human resources to better serve local residents.
The municipal Healthcare Department has established satellite medical examination rooms in ward-level clinics in which good doctors from 12 major hospitals will take turn to work. 43% of clinics in HCM city are qualified to provide family medical services. Nguyen Thi Bay said she was surprised to see experienced doctors from District 2 Hospital working at the Thao Dien ward clinic: “The doctors are very kind and careful. I hope more good doctors will come to work here so we won’t have to travel a lot.”
In 2013 Thu Duc district hospital took the initiative in sending doctors to help clinics in medical check-ups and treatment. Its doctors have been dispatched to all 12 clinics in the district. The hospital is considering the establishment of satellite medical examination rooms in local clinics. Hospital director Nguyen Minh Quan said: “Those doctors dispatched to work in clinics take care of epidemic prevention. We are determined to improve the quality of medical check-ups and treatment at clinics to increase people’s trust.”
District 2 hospital followed suit in 2015. It has sent doctors to clinics in Thao Dien, Thanh My Loi, and Binh Khanh wards in an attempt to avoid overcrowding at district-level hospitals. Tran Van Khanh, Director of district 2 hospital, said: “We have established family medical centers and satellite medical examination rooms in 3 clinics. Our doctors are specialized in odonto-stomatology, traditional medicine, cardio-vascular diseases, and general internal medicine.”
Hospitals in HCM city have responded enthusiastically to the Ministry of Health’s project 1816, which sends doctors from provincial-level hospitals to help improve the quality of medical check-ups and treatment at lower-level hospitals. Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of the municipal Healthcare Department, said: “Thu Duc district hospital took the lead followed by district 2 hospital. Other hospitals such as Binh Tan and Tan Phu will soon follow suit. We are targeting improving the human resources and infrastructure of clinics in all 24 districts to better serve local residents.”
HCM city targets 20 doctors per 10,000 people by 2020.