Former Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien (Photo: VNA) The decision was made at a meeting of the Politburoand the Secretariat chaired by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong inHanoi on November 19.
The Politburo and the Secretariat said the Partydelegation at the Health Ministry had violated the Party’s operational principles and workingregulations of Party delegations, showed a lack of responsibility and relaxedits leadership, resulting in the Health Ministry, the Drug Administration, manymedical establishments and individuals violating the Party’s rules and Statelaws on licensing the import and purchase of drugs and medical equipment, andsetting up medical joint ventures and cooperation.
Those violations have caused serious consequencesalong with losses and waste of the State’s money and assets, and damage to thehealth insurance fund, thus affecting the prestige of Party organisations andthe health sector.
For Tien, the Politburo and the Secretariat said inher capacity as Secretary of the Party delegation, Secretary of the PartyCommittee of the Health Ministry, and Minister of Health, she had to bear themain responsibility and a leader's responsibility for the violations and wrongdoings committed by the Partydelegation to the ministry in the 2016-2021 tenure, and the Standing Board of the ministry's PartyCommittee in the 2015-2020 tenure.
Tien was also dismissed from the position of head ofthe Board of Healthcare Services for Senior Officials.
At the meeting, the Politburo also decided disciplinarymeasures against Truong Quoc Cuong, member of the Party delegation at the Health Ministry, DeputyHealth Minister (from November 21, 2016 till now), and Secretary of the PartyCommittee and head of the Drug Administration in the 2010-2015 and 2015-2020terms.
The Politburo and the Secretariat said Cuong sharedthe responsibility for violations and wrongdoings of the Health Ministry’sParty delegation in the 2016-2021 tenure. He himself violated the Party's principles and regulations, relaxed leadership and neglected supervision resulting in many law violations in licensing medicines, causing very serious consequences. He was also subjected to criminal prosecution. Therefore, he was expelled from theParty.
The Politburo reprimanded the Party delegation at thePeople’s Committee of the northern province of Ha Nam for 2016-2021 tenure, andissued a warning against Nguyen Xuan Dong, former Vice Secretary of theprovincial Party Committee, former Secretary of the Party delegation and formerChairman of the provincial People’s Committee in the same tenure.
Meanwhile, Dinh Van An, member of the provincialParty Committee for 2015-2020 tenure, Secretary of the provincial Party Committeeand Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade (from November2018 till September 2020), was dismissed from the position of member of the Standing Board ofthe provincial Party Committee for 2020-2025 tenure./.
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