Overloading at hospitals in Vietnam was reduced significantly in 2014,health officials said at an online conference on January 20.
Theconference was held to review efforts to reduce overloading andimplement the sector's plans for medical examinations and treatment thisyear.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Ministry of Health's MedicalExamination and Treatment Department, said hospital overloading hadfallen by 58 percent in national level hospitals and 47 percent inprovincial level hospitals.
According to the ministry, 13 central hospitals, including nine in Hanoi, have pledged to stamp out bed-sharing.
In2014, the health sector applied a new method to evaluate the quality ofhospitals based on patient-centred principles. Administrativeprocedures were also reformed, cutting down the waiting time forpatients by nearly one hour.
Vietnamese doctors applied newadvanced techniques in 2014, including robotic surgery and stem celltransplants for cancer treatment. Technology transfer was carried outwith many satellite hospitals, which helped reduce the rate of patientstransferred to national level hospitals to 30 percent.
Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien urged hospital directors to reduce overloading at their hospitals and to stamp out bed-sharing.
Five more international-standard hospitals will be built this year, she added./.
Theconference was held to review efforts to reduce overloading andimplement the sector's plans for medical examinations and treatment thisyear.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Ministry of Health's MedicalExamination and Treatment Department, said hospital overloading hadfallen by 58 percent in national level hospitals and 47 percent inprovincial level hospitals.
According to the ministry, 13 central hospitals, including nine in Hanoi, have pledged to stamp out bed-sharing.
In2014, the health sector applied a new method to evaluate the quality ofhospitals based on patient-centred principles. Administrativeprocedures were also reformed, cutting down the waiting time forpatients by nearly one hour.
Vietnamese doctors applied newadvanced techniques in 2014, including robotic surgery and stem celltransplants for cancer treatment. Technology transfer was carried outwith many satellite hospitals, which helped reduce the rate of patientstransferred to national level hospitals to 30 percent.
Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien urged hospital directors to reduce overloading at their hospitals and to stamp out bed-sharing.
Five more international-standard hospitals will be built this year, she added./.
