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Pilot project sends doctors to poor districts

As many as 78 young doctors have been recruited for a pilot project on sending doctors to disadvantaged areas including mountainous and border areas and islands as of June, the Health Ministry said.
Pilot project sends doctors to poor districts ảnh 1Young doctors in poor districts (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 78 young doctors have beenrecruited for a pilot project on sending doctors to disadvantaged areasincluding mountainous and border areas and islands as of  June, the Health Ministry said at a pressconference in Hanoi on June 22.

The doctors will receive intensive training before beingassigned to work in 37 poor districts in 13 provinces.

The Healthy Ministry will hold a ceremony on June 28 to sendseven young doctors to Bac Ha district, the northern mountainous province ofLao Cai.

The pilot project, approved by the Health Ministry in 2013, givespriority to 62 poorest districts, towards improving medical services at thegrassroots level.

Head of the Organisation and Personnel Department Pham VanTac said those poor districts need about 600 doctors.

The ministry has partnered with the Hanoi Medical Universityto devise framework and detailed training curricula for doctors trained underthe project.

Pham Van Tac said the project will continue working withhospitals to recruit qualified doctors for the project.-VNA


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