PM approves national plan to ease hospital overload
The Prime Minister has approved a national plan aiming to significantly reduce the overload at state hospitals between 2013-20, with the goal that patients will not have to share hospital beds by 2015.
The immediate focus of the plan is to reduce overcrowding at national and specialised hospitals in Hanoi and HCM City, in addition to increasing the hospital occupancy rate at district and provincial hospitals to 60 per cent by 2015 and 80 per cent by 2020.
These hospitals will be used as satellites for specialised departments (including tumor, trauma unit, cardiology, obstetrics and paediatrics) in Hanoi and HCM City's state hospitals.
It has also been suggested that investment be poured into upgrading and expanding hospital facilities so that at least 7,150 extra beds will be in use by 2015.
Following the PM's decision, three-year pilot projects will begin in Hanoi and HCM City in which family doctors will collaborate with available medical clinics to improve care for residents.
The immediate focus of the plan is to reduce overcrowding at national and specialised hospitals in Hanoi and HCM City, in addition to increasing the hospital occupancy rate at district and provincial hospitals to 60 per cent by 2015 and 80 per cent by 2020.
These hospitals will be used as satellites for specialised departments (including tumor, trauma unit, cardiology, obstetrics and paediatrics) in Hanoi and HCM City's state hospitals.
It has also been suggested that investment be poured into upgrading and expanding hospital facilities so that at least 7,150 extra beds will be in use by 2015.
Following the PM's decision, three-year pilot projects will begin in Hanoi and HCM City in which family doctors will collaborate with available medical clinics to improve care for residents.
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