Overloading lifted in hospitals
Overloading at hospitals in Vietnam was reduced significantly in 2014,
health officials said at an online conference on January 20.
Overloading at hospitals in Vietnam was reduced significantly in 2014,
health officials said at an online conference on January 20.
The conference was held to review efforts to reduce overloading and implement the sector's plans for medical examinations and treatment this year.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Ministry of Health's Medical Examination and Treatment Department, said hospital overloading had fallen by 58 percent in national level hospitals and 47 percent in provincial level hospitals.
According to the ministry, 13 central hospitals, including nine in Hanoi, have pledged to stamp out bed-sharing.
In 2014, the health sector applied a new method to evaluate the quality of hospitals based on patient-centred principles. Administrative procedures were also reformed, cutting down the waiting time for patients by nearly one hour.
Vietnamese doctors applied new advanced techniques in 2014, including robotic surgery and stem cell transplants for cancer treatment. Technology transfer was carried out with many satellite hospitals, which helped reduce the rate of patients transferred to national level hospitals to 30 percent.
Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien urged hospital directors to reduce overloading at their hospitals and to stamp out bed-sharing.
Five more international-standard hospitals will be built this year, she added./.
The conference was held to review efforts to reduce overloading and implement the sector's plans for medical examinations and treatment this year.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Ministry of Health's Medical Examination and Treatment Department, said hospital overloading had fallen by 58 percent in national level hospitals and 47 percent in provincial level hospitals.
According to the ministry, 13 central hospitals, including nine in Hanoi, have pledged to stamp out bed-sharing.
In 2014, the health sector applied a new method to evaluate the quality of hospitals based on patient-centred principles. Administrative procedures were also reformed, cutting down the waiting time for patients by nearly one hour.
Vietnamese doctors applied new advanced techniques in 2014, including robotic surgery and stem cell transplants for cancer treatment. Technology transfer was carried out with many satellite hospitals, which helped reduce the rate of patients transferred to national level hospitals to 30 percent.
Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien urged hospital directors to reduce overloading at their hospitals and to stamp out bed-sharing.
Five more international-standard hospitals will be built this year, she added./.
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