Made-in-Vietnam measles-rubella vaccine (Source: VNA) 1-At7:20 am on January 22, the first baby born through surrogacy was delivered byCaesarean section at the Hanoi-based Central Maternity Hospital.
Surrogacy was official allowed in the Law onMarriage and Family adopted by the National Assembly in 2015. As by now, nearly 200 surrogacy cases havebeen approved, with 30 surrogate mothers having given birth.
Only threehospitals meet the technical requirements for surrogacy. They are the CentralMaternity Hospital in Hanoi, Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, and Hue-basedCentral Hospital.
2-Hospitals nationwide implemented synchronousmeasures for better patients’ satisfaction about their services.
Themeasures, which included promoting friendly attitude of staff, building cleanand green facilities, and improving comprehensive management, have broughtabout positive changes.
3-Vietnam successfully producedmeasles-rubella vaccine
TheCentre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biology announced onNovember 8 that domestically-produced measles-rubella vaccine had beenclinically tested and proven safe and effective.
Thevaccine was produced under a joint project with the Japan InternationalCo-operation Agency (JICA). It will be available for the national expandedimmunization programme as from 2017.
4-Thefirst robotic laparoscopic surgery was successfully performed on an adult
OnDecember 10, ten adult patients at the Binh Dan Hospital in HCM City’s District3 received robotic surgery. The hospital also put into operation a roboticsurgery facility, the second of its kind in Vietnam.
In2013, the National Hospital of Paediatrics carried out similar surgery forchildren.
5-Thehealth insurance coverage reached 81.3 percent of population as of November 30,exceeding the early target by 2.3 percent.
6- TheHealth Ministry moved up 9 places in the ministerial-level public administrationreform (PAR) index to the 8th out of 19 ministries and ministerial-levelagencies.
7-ThePrime Minister approved a project on developing grassroots health facilitynetwork.
Thenetwork covers medical stations at districts, towns, villages, communes, wardsand cities under provincial-level. The project focuses on boosting humanresources as well as overhauling the structure, finance and operation mechanismof these facilities. The work is expected to help improve service quality andease overcrowded conditions at central medical facilities.
8-Medical workers’ salaries were calculated ininsurance-covered health services fees.
Themove was in line with the roadmap for the adjustment of public service pricesas regulated in Decree 16/2015/ND-CP.
Assuch, the State budget previously used for paying medical workers istransferred to support people joining health insurance.
9-Acommon code list for health management, treatment and health insurance paymentwas implemented for the first time.
Thelist serves data connection among management agencies, medical establishmentsand the Vietnam Social Insurance to better manage patients’ records andfacilitate insurance payment procedures.
10-Vietnam was elected to the World HealthOrganisation’s Executive Board for 2016 – 2019.-VNA
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