Better health care under way for remote regions
The Prime Minister has approved a
scheme to build and upgrade provincial hospitals and clinics in
mountainous regions nationwide in the 2009-2013 period.
The Prime Minister has approved a
scheme to build and upgrade provincial hospitals and clinics in
mountainous regions nationwide in the 2009-2013 period.
The initiative is expected to help poor people in rural, remote and mountainous areas access high-quality medical services, reduce the overload at central hospitals and build the capacity of medical staff.
An investment of about 45.28 trillion VND, sourced from Government bonds, the local State budget and official development assistance will be required.
The plan includes the construction and upgrade of 78 central and provincial general hospitals, 55 tuberculosis clinics, 40 mental health centres and hospitals, 33 paediatrics and obstetrics hospitals, nine tumour hospitals, seven tumour departments of provincial and city general hospitals, the National Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases and the Can Tho Medicine and Pharmaceutical University .
The four-phases, plan will focus on tuberculosis and mental health hospitals from now until 2011, tumour, obstetrics and paediatric hospitals from now until 2012, provincial general hospitals and the Can Tho Medicine and Pharmaceutical University from now until 2013 and the National Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases from 2010 until 2013./.
The initiative is expected to help poor people in rural, remote and mountainous areas access high-quality medical services, reduce the overload at central hospitals and build the capacity of medical staff.
An investment of about 45.28 trillion VND, sourced from Government bonds, the local State budget and official development assistance will be required.
The plan includes the construction and upgrade of 78 central and provincial general hospitals, 55 tuberculosis clinics, 40 mental health centres and hospitals, 33 paediatrics and obstetrics hospitals, nine tumour hospitals, seven tumour departments of provincial and city general hospitals, the National Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases and the Can Tho Medicine and Pharmaceutical University .
The four-phases, plan will focus on tuberculosis and mental health hospitals from now until 2011, tumour, obstetrics and paediatric hospitals from now until 2012, provincial general hospitals and the Can Tho Medicine and Pharmaceutical University from now until 2013 and the National Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases from 2010 until 2013./.
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