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PM praises health worker contributions to nation

The health sector and every worker in it should be proud of their enormous and worthy contributions to the cause of the nation’s defence and construction over the past 55 years.
The health sector and every worker in it should be proud of their enormous andworthy contributions to the cause of the nation’s defence and construction overthe past 55 years, a top Government leader has said.

Addressing the 55thanniversary of Vietnamese Physicians Day in Hanoi on Feb. 24, Prime MinisterNguyen Tan Dung praised doctors, nurses and health officials who have executedtheir responsibilities to the utmost and surmounted difficulties to serve thepeople.

In the year 2010 – the last year of the health sector’s strategyon caring for people’s health, the health sector should help provide the poor,ethnic minorities, children under-6 and other disadvantaged persons with equalaccess to healthcare services, the PM said.

He emphasised the need forthe health sector to collaborate closely with other government ministries,sectors and local authorities to manage diseases while developing thepharmaceutical industry to ensure that the people are provided withhigh-quality, reasonably-priced medicines.

Additionally, the sectorshould continue deploying the development of a master plan for the nationalhealth system this year and orientations to 2020, as well as enhance thetraining of personnel and the development of human resources, PM Dungnoted.

“The ethics and virtue of doctors are essential elementsdetermining the success of the health sector,” PM Dung affirmed.

Over thepast years, the Government has adopted a host of investment policies for thehealth sector, especially its district branches, resulting in the constructionof 621 district and inter-district general hospitals to meet the people’sgrowing demand for medical check-ups and treatment.

The same day, PM Dungattended the inauguration of the new cardiovascular centre at Hospital E inHanoi .

At the event, the PM pointed out that in Vietnam more than10,000 children are born with congenital heart diseases annually but just halfof them receive surgeries.

In the coming time, the State will work withthe health sector and other funding sources to invest in developing newcardiovascular centres for children, with the first ones being in Hanoi , Ho ChiMinh City and several central provinces , PM Dung said.

The Hospital Ecardiovascular centre is located in the heart of the hospital. It plans toconduct surgeries on 200-300 patients suffering from cardiovascular problemsthis year./.
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