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Hanoi to add more doctors for improving health services

Hanoi’s health sector said that it will add more than one thousands doctors to the municipal health worker contingent to achieve the number of doctors the city needs to provide properly qualified health services for its citizens.
Hanoi’s health sector said that it will add more than one thousandsdoctors to the municipal health worker contingent to achieve the numberof doctors the city needs to provide properly qualified health servicesfor its citizens.

According to the cityDepartment of Health, Hanoi currently has 5,313 doctors but still lack1,177 more to achieve the set goal, the department said.

According to the department, the city also plans to add another 386hospital beds to minimize the number of bed-sharing patients.

Nguyen Van Dung, Deputy Director of the city’s Department of Health,said that besides encouraging all economic sectors to invest in healthservices, the health sector will make the most of the information andautomatic technologies to create convenience for patients.

Dung said the sector launched a campaign to change medical staff’sattitude to bring satisfaction to patients while maintaining hotlinesand making those hotlines’ phone numbers known to all citizens to timelyaddress any problems.

The sector will cut redtape, provide 10 online services and publicise 144 administrativeprocedures on the department’s portal to bring convenience to allcitizens, he added.-VNA
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