Hospitals ensure quality health services during Tet
Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Health Department has asked directors of public and private hospitals to ensure sufficient amount of medicine, equipment and staff during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Hospitals in HCM City are ensuring quality health services during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday (Photo courtesy of thanhnien.vn)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Health Departmenthas asked directors of public and private hospitals to ensure sufficient amountof medicine, equipment and staff during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The department has assigned the 115 Emergency Aid Centre to assist in medicalemergency cases while the city’s Preventive Medical Centre and district-levelhealth centres will be responsible for monitoring potential epidemics andcollaborate with the HCM City Food Safety Management Board to assure foodsafety.
Dr Nguyen Duy Long, director of the 115 Emergency Aid Centre, said the centrewould assign eight ambulance cars on New Year’s Eve and five emergency crews tobe available around the clock.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quoc Anh, director of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, said thatduring Tet, the number of patients receiving general check-ups usually declinescompared to the number of people admitted for serious or emergency cases.
Doctors should take good care of every patient and must not refuse or delay anycases, he said.
Doctors should also be ready for the increasing number of poisoning and strokecases during this time of the year, Anh added.
Meanwhile, Dr. Bui Vinh Quang, director of the Hanoi Oncology Hospital, saidthe hospital would offer free meals for certain patents who will behospitalised during the Tet holiday period. – VNS/VNA
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Hospitals in HCM City are ensuring quality health services during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday (Photo courtesy of thanhnien.vn) 
