‘Lack of drugs, supplies… must be made public, do not let patients buy’

On March 21, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan chaired a meeting with leaders of departments and agencies of the Ministry of Health and leading central hospitals to review the implementation of Decree 07 and Resolution No˳ 30 before the shortage of drugs and equipment˳

Solve many “knots”

At the meeting, representatives of hospitals such as Bach Mai Hospital, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, etc˳ said that after the decree and resolution was issued, many “knots” were removed and problems were resolved˳ Procurement and procurement of hospital equipment˳

Mr˳ Dao Xuan Co – director of Bach Mai Hospital – said that right after Decree 07 and Resolution 30, the hospital started to build bidding packages for materials, consumables and equipment˳

Over the next four weeks, the hospital will ensure enough consumables for routine and emergency medical care˳

Mr˳ Tran Cao Binh – director of the Central Odonto-Stomatology Hospital – also informed that the hospital had focused on bidding for additional 20 previously troubled lists˳

In the long term, the hospital also suggested that the Law on Bidding should be amended soon to serve the hospital’s long-term medical examination and treatment˳

Do not let patients go to buy by themselves because of lack of medicine

At the meeting, Mr˳ Luong Ngoc Khue – Director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management (Ministry of Health) – suggested: “If any hospital has difficulties, lacks drugs, consumables… Let the patient buy it”˳

In addition, the Medical Examination and Treatment Administration organizes delegations to assess the quality of hospitals˳

After listening to the opinions of the units, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan suggested that the units continue to review the difficulties in the implementation of Decree 07 and Resolution 30˳

At the same time, the units are assigned to complete the document guiding the formulation of bid package prices; bid package price posting page; building a mechanism to ensure rare drugs and drugs with limited supply…

The Medical Examination and Treatment Administration issued a document directing to ensure the improvement of medical examination and treatment quality after Decree 07 and Resolution 30 were issued˳

Minister of Health: Lack of drugs and medical equipment causes fear of mistakes in bidding

Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said that one of the reasons leading to the shortage of medicines and medical equipment is the fear of making mistakes in procurement, and the lack of qualified human resources to organize the bidding˳