The UN Day of Vesak 2019 will take place in Ha Nam province from May 12-14. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) is ready for the UN Day ofVesak 2019, set to place in the northern province of Ha Nam from May 12-14.
According to Director General of the MoH’s Management of Medical ExaminationDepartment Luong Ngoc Khue, the health sector will take care of more than 1,500delegates from 100 countries and territories worldwide, and about 10,000domestic delegates and Buddhist followers.
The department will work with the Vietnam Food Administration, Department ofPreventive Medicine and the Health Environment Management Agency to ensure foodsafety and arrange personnel to give timely emergency aid and treatment in caseof fires, explosions or mass food poisoning incidents, among other potentialcalamities.
As the delegates will join Vesak Day activities in Hanoi, Ha Nam and Ninh Binh,medical staff will be arranged at Noi Bai International Airport, places hostingVesak activities, hotels and Tam Chuc Buddhist Cultural Complex, Khue said.
Central-level hospitals, Hanoi French Hospital, Vinmec International Hospitaland general hospitals in Ha Noi, Ninh Binh and Ha Nam have been told to preparehigh-quality patient beds for guests, delegates and journalists in case theyneed medical care.
If patients need to travel abroad for treatment, the MoH will direct hospitalsto prepare procedures, medicine and equipment to ensure that they are safelytransferred overseas.
The UN General Assembly on December15, 1999 recognised the Day of Vesak to celebrate the thrice-sacred event ofthe life of the Buddha Gautama and to acknowledge the contributions Buddhismhas made to humanity.
The UN Day of Vesak was first celebrated in2001, and this is the third time Vietnam has hosted the event.-VNA
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