Illustrative Image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –Medical checkup fees will decrease by 15-20 percent as from July 15 when acircular issued by the Ministry of Health regulating uniform prices for medicalcheckup and treatment services for insurance card holders in hospitals acrossthe country takes effect.
According to NguyenNam Lien, head of the Health Ministry’s Department of Planning and Finance, underthe circular, medical checkup fees will be reduced by between 4,800 VND (0.12USD)-5,900 VND (0.25 USD) depending on the category of the hospital.
For example, a medicalcheckup at a special-level hospital will cost 33,100 VND under the circularinstead of the previous 39,000 VND, while the fee at a second-level hospitalwill be 29,600 VND instead of the present 35,000 VND.
At the same time,prices for hospital beds will also drop from 632,200 VND (27.8 USD) to 615,600VND (27.06 VND) per day in level-1 hospital. Price of bed in the emergency unitin level-4 hospitals will also decline from the present 226,000 VND (9.94 USD) to221,200 VND (9.73 USD).
Notably, some treatmentservices’ prices will also fall sharply. The cost for a tonsillitis surgery willdrop from 3.6 million VND (158.4 USD) to 2 million VND (88 USD).
The circular, whichwas issued in June 18, also gives guidelines on the calculation of prices for medicalservices in some specific cases.-VNA
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