Another vaccination centre was launched in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan district on December 6, aiming to meet the increasing demand of immunization of local people.
A medical worker gives advice to a mother with her child at the new vaccination centre in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Another vaccination centre was launched in Ho Chi Minh City’sPhu Nhuan district on December 6, aiming to meet the increasing demand of immunizationof local people.
As the secondcentre of its kind in the country after the first in Hanoi, the establishment includes17 rooms for checkups and 13 others for inoculation, enabling it to serve up to2,500 people a day.
The centreprovides all vaccines, including scarce ones such as five-in-one Pentaxim vaccine, six-in-one Infanrix Hexa, Synflorix,and Hepatitis A and B vaccines.
According to Ngo Chi Dung, Chairman of the Board ofDirectors of the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company, immunizationsafety at the center is always put on top with free screening examinations beforevaccination, and all nurses working in the centre have been trained in injectionskill.
Tran DacPhu, Director of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministryof Health, highlighted the significance of the centre in satisfyingvaccination demand of local residents in the southern region.
The centrewill also help reduce overloading at vaccination establishments in the city, hesaid.
Phu alsostressed the necessity to strictly obey inoculation regulations to ensureabsolute safety in the work.-VNA
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A medical worker gives advice to a mother with her child at the new vaccination centre in HCM City (Photo: VNA) 
