According to Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang - Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Planning (Ministry of Health), the main content of the planning is to determine the development direction, distribution, organization of space and resources for inter-sectoral, inter-regional and inter-provincial medical facilities. The planning subjects include five regional, inter-provincial and inter-sectoral medical facilities in the following fields: Medical examination, treatment, rehabilitation; medical examination, forensic examination and forensic psychiatric examination; preventive medicine, public health; testing, inspection and calibration of drugs, cosmetics, food, vaccines and medical biological products, medical equipment, production of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, medical biological products and medical equipment; population - reproductive health. The planning helps localities have a reference basis as well as principled guidelines for developing the network of medical facilities in the area.
Notably, the Health Facility Network Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, sets very high targets for the scale of hospital beds and key medical personnel. Accordingly, by 2050, these indicators in Vietnam will reach the average level of the group of leading industrialized countries (OECD countries).
In time, some central hospitals in the Central Highlands and Mekong Delta will be newly built; two specialized medical complexes will be formed when conditions are sufficient in the North and South.
One highlight is that the whole country will have six hospitals in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Thua Thien Hue upgraded to international-standard hospitals. At the same time, some special-class end-line hospitals (general and specialized) in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Thua Thien Hue will be upgraded to take on the role of modern hospitals on par with some countries in the Asia-Pacific region with good health care systems such as Singapore, Korea, Japan, etc.
Currently, Vietnamese doctors have mastered many advanced and specialized techniques such as: human organ transplantation, in vitro fertilization, endoscopic surgery, cancer treatment, heart surgery, knee replacement, etc. Therefore, investing in upgrading hospitals not only helps reduce the number of Vietnamese people having to go abroad for treatment, but also attracts foreigners to come to Vietnam for medical examination and treatment. In fact, in recent times, many overseas Vietnamese, foreigners in Vietnam and people from abroad have chosen hospitals in Vietnam for examination and treatment.
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The plan proposes to upgrade and invest in a number of provincial general and specialized hospitals that assume regional functions, including 20 general hospitals; add seven new general hospitals in the northern midlands and mountainous areas (with large areas and difficulties in accessing central hospitals) and the Red River Delta and Southeast regions (with high population density); and 20 specialized hospitals.
Some studies show that the demand for hospital beds will continue to increase gradually over the years. In the period 2021-2030, the country needs to add 92,500 more hospital beds, of which the number of hospital beds in national hospitals needs to add about 8,700 more. In order to add that number of hospital beds, the Ministry of Health proposes to upgrade and invest in a number of general and specialized hospitals at the provincial level to take on regional functions. Accordingly, 20 specialized hospitals will be upgraded and invested in, a number of general and specialized hospitals at the provincial level to take on regional functions in large areas, with difficulty in accessing central hospitals and areas with high population density.
According to this Plan, the spatial allocation orientation of provincial general hospitals undertaking regional functions is as follows: Northern midland and mountainous region (Son La, Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang, Bac Giang); Red River Delta region (Hanoi, Hai Phong); North Central and Central coastal region (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Da Nang, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa); Central Highlands region (Dak Lak); Southeast region (Ho Chi Minh City); Mekong Delta region (Tien Giang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang).
At the same time, upgrade some provincial specialized hospitals into hospitals that assume regional functions in oncology, cardiology, obstetrics/gynecology - pediatrics, geriatrics, rehabilitation, traditional medicine, and infectious diseases to provide specialized technical services and form some hematology - blood transfusion centers and organ transplant centers in some localities. For areas that do not have or are not feasible in developing specialized hospitals, priority will be given to developing specialized centers in provincial general hospitals.
The plan also clearly states upgrading university hospitals into modern, high-tech specialized hospitals, on par with developed countries in the region and internationally, researching and developing science and technology, and providing practical training for the system of universities in the health sector; encouraging the development of private hospitals that have achieved international quality certification into high-tech specialized hospitals, meeting the health care needs of the people. Regarding marine and island healthcare, upgrading medical facilities in line with the orientation of the Marine and Island Healthcare Development Program, including a number of hospitals of the Ministry of National Defense. For hospitals of various sectors, the direction is to integrate hospitals under ministries and sectors.
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