Patients are examined at Thao Dien ward health station in HCM City’s District 2 (Photo: VNA) The health sector will also focus to improve the capacity of disease control andprevention, strengthen grassroots healthcare networks and intensive careambulance services this year, said Tang Chi Thuong, director of the department.
Development of human resources, proper investment in infrastructure and medicalequipment are priority areas in order to fulfill these tasks, he said at ameeting late last week to launch the tasks for 2023.
Digital transformation and the application of advanced techniques will befostered as part of measures to realise these tasks, he said.
A project to set up a hi-tech screening and diagnostic centre at OncologyHospital No.1 is being developed as part of efforts to develop a specialisedmedical care centre for the ASEAN region.
The hi-tech screening and diagnostic centre will help locals and foreigners,especially expats living in Vietnam, access high-quality health check servicesand examinations.
It is expected to reduce the number of patients travelling abroad for medicalexaminations and treatment and boost medical tourism.
Duong Anh Duc, deputy chairman of the city People's Committee, said that thehealth sector must be one of the pioneers of digital transformation to improvethe quality of health services and promote the city as a centre of high qualitymedical care in the region.
He asked the department to coordinate with the University of Medicine andPharmacy and Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University to train high-quality humanresources./.
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