Thai Nguyen launches online mother-child medical records
The northern province of Thai Nguyen’s Department of Health held a conference on November 8 to launch a system of combined medical records for mothers and children.
Online mother-child medical records are presented to Thai Nguyen province to carry out the programme (Photo: VNA)
Thai Nguyen (VNA) – The northern province of Thai Nguyen’s Department of Health held aconference on November 8 to launch a system of combined medical records formothers and children.
Participants at theevent were introduced to mother-child medical records which aim to keep trackof mothers and their children’s health conditions, offering them continuoushealthcare services, from the stages of fetus to six weeks after birth.
For the children, therecords will keep information on the monitoring and care of their mental andphysical health from the pregnancy, post-labour, and infantile periods.
The records alsoinclude information related to the health conditions of the mother during andafter pregnancy.
Tran Dang Khoa, ViceDirector of the Department of Maternal and Child Health under the Ministry ofHealth, said that the launching of the records will be helpful in the screeningof risks, diseases, and obstetrical complications, as well as in fetus malformation,thus offering more timely responses and minimising fatalities among mothers andchildren.
The delegates alsoproposed measures to seek resources for the running of mother-child medicalrecords and popularising the records in localities.
Thai Nguyen is aregional medical hub with competent human resources and infrastructure. Theprovince has been chosen by the Ministry of Health to pilot the programme oflaunching online mother-child medical records.
The outcomes of the programme– which will run from 2018 to 2020 in all nine districts, cities, and towns ofthe province – will serve as the foundation for the expansion of the programmenationwide.
So far, the medicalrecords have been applied in the 15 provinces of Lam Dong, Thai Nguyen, BacGiang, Lang Son, Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Quang Nam, QuangNgai, Phu Yen, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Ha Giang, and An Giang.–VNA
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Online mother-child medical records are presented to Thai Nguyen province to carry out the programme (Photo: VNA) 
