Faced with the fact that leading hospitals are running out of medical supplies, causing patients with surgical indications to have to postpone or transfer to other hospitals, the leader of the Ministry of Health said that 'they will ask hospital directors to report early to see where the cause of the drug shortage is so that they can resolve it'.
Out of medical supplies
According to the reflection of male patient NVC, 51 years old, in Thach That District (Hanoi), he was recently transferred to Viet Duc Friendship Hospital (a leading surgical hospital under the Ministry of Health) for examination and assessment of his condition, after being diagnosed with a herniated disc in the locality.
A 51-year-old male patient in Hanoi could not have surgery at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital because the unit ran out of medical supplies.
When coming to Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, the patient was ordered by the doctor to have an X-ray, ultrasound, MRI and tests to assess the disease. After receiving the results, the doctor consulted and continued to order the patient to have an electromyogram at a clinic outside the hospital at a cost of more than 1.3 million VND. After the second consultation, patient C. was diagnosed with a herniated disc and was ordered to have disc replacement surgery.
"However, the doctor also informed me that the hospital was out of supplies and that it would take another month to get them. If I couldn't wait, I could be transferred to another hospital. After 5-6 days of examination, waiting for the doctors to conclude and prescribe but not being able to have surgery because I was out of supplies, I had to ask to be transferred to Hospital 108 for surgery," said Mr. C.
Another case is a male patient from Ho Chi Minh City who recently went to Viet Duc Friendship Hospital for a complicated joint disease and was scheduled for surgery. However, the hospital ran out of medical supplies, so the family planned to transfer the patient to a private hospital for surgery, but invited a doctor from a public hospital to perform the surgery.
At the Central Endocrinology Hospital, patients' relatives also reported that the hospital ran out of medicine, and patients still had to buy some medicine from outside, even though they were eligible for health insurance coverage.
Faced with this situation, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said: "We will ask hospital directors to report soon to see where the cause of the drug shortage is so we can resolve it."
Ms. Lan also said that in the past 2 years, the Ministry of Health has coordinated with ministries and branches to advise the Government to amend and issue many decrees and circulars, which have removed many difficulties in procurement and bidding. Many hospitals have ensured basic medicines and medical supplies for the people. However, in addition to the policy mechanism, the most important thing is the organization and implementation in hospitals.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/benh-nhan-can-mo-phai-di-duong-vong-do-benh-vien-het-vat-tu-y-te-185241223235633001.htm
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