PM lauds silent contributions of doctors to public health care
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 26 applauded silent contributions of doctors and health workers from central to grassroots levels to public health care on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits Bach Mai General Hospital on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors' Day. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc on February 26 applauded silent contributions of doctors and healthworkers from central to grassroots levels to public health care on the occasionof Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
While visiting the Hanoi-based Bach Mai General Hospital, the leader extendedhis greetings to medical staff of the hospital and the health sector ingeneral.
He praised the development of the medical sector in all spheres over the past64 years since the day was designated, with the number of doctors and nursesincreasing from only 300 in 1954 to 460,000 at present, and 14,000 healthfacilities nationwide.
The PM also lauded Bach Mai hospital’s growth as well as its contributions to thenational medical sector during its nearly-110-year history.
He urged the hospital to take the lead in reforming administrative procedures,applying modern technologies and improving medical services, aiming to become aleading hospital in the region in a near future.
The leader asked the hospital and the entire medical sector to make the bestuse of investment resources, suggesting Bach Mai focus on developing spearheadservices, meeting diverse health demands of the public and reducing the casesof overseas medical treatment of Vietnamese.
Besides, it is necessary to promptly put into opeation branches of the Bach MaiGeneral Hospital and the Vietnam-Germany Hospital in order to ease hospital overload,PM Phuc said.
Since its inception in 1911, Bach Mai has become the largest hospital in the north,with more than 3,000 beds and 3,000-strong staff. It serves some 160,000inpatients and nearly 2 million outpatients each year.-VNA
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits Bach Mai General Hospital on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors' Day. (Photo: VNA) 
