HCMC discusses solutions to develop specialized healthcare for Con Dao specialties

On July 16, Ho Chi Minh City leaders had a working session with Con Dao special zone to find solutions to develop specialized healthcare for Con Dao special zone.

Currently, Con Dao Special Zone has only one Military-Civilian Medical Center with a model of military and militia activities combined, performing both preventive medicine and medical examination and treatment functions. In the past time, the Con Dao Military Medical Center has basically ensured medical examination and treatment for officers, soldiers, people and tourists.

This unit was inaugurated with a scale of 60 beds and modern medical equipment in April.

However, the Con Dao health sector is currently facing many difficulties such as lack of specialized and highly skilled human resources; the bidding for drugs, medical supplies, and chemicals is still facing many difficulties; the work of transporting patients for emergency care to hospitals in the mainland is facing many shortcomings...

At the meeting, leading experts in the health sector discussed and contributed a number of contents to improve the quality of health care in Con Dao special area such as organizing on-site and online training for the medical team in Con Dao; deploying the family doctor model for officers, soldiers, people and tourists in Con Dao; rotating doctors with high expertise and skills to work in Con Dao to support experience in medical examination and treatment and emergency care; proposing policies to attract doctors to work in Con Dao...

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Loc - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City - emphasized that the development of health care for the Con Dao special area must be associated with the development orientation of Con Dao in the future.

Therefore, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health needs to promptly advise the City People's Committee on specific goals and solutions to meet the medical examination and treatment needs of officers, soldiers and people of Con Dao as well as fishermen and tourists in the coming time.

Previously, information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that the special feature of the Program of practice at the General Hospital associated with the 4-year Medical Station is that there are 2 volunteer doctors practicing at the medical station of the Con Dao special zone.

Unlike the previous 3 courses, course 4 is the first course to apply the 6-3-3-3-3-3 rotation model, including: The first 6 months of practice at a general hospital, the next 3 months at a health station. After that, they will continue to spend 3 months in the hospital, 3 months at the health station and 3 months at the end of the hospital.

This model aims to help doctors regularly rotate between hospitals and grassroots health care, deeply understand the health system and improve their adaptability to different working environments.

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