Modern equipment help improve medical examination and treatment service quality at Hospital A in Thai Nguyen province (Photo: VNA)Many deputies pointed out that after 10 years of implementation,the law has created an important legal framework for the caring and protectionof people’s health through the management of medical activities, ensuringrights of patients. However, it has exposed a number of shortcomings andlimitation, making it no longer suitable to the reality.
According to Bac Ninh province’s representative Nguyen ThiHa, the bill should specify policies to encourage the research and applicationof science and technologies in medical examination and treatment through supportin land use, tax and finance, thus drawing more investment and knowledge fromother countries.
Deputies underlined the need to tighten regulationsregarding the authority of issuing medical practice lisences, with the coordinationamong relevant agencies.
At the same time, they proposed that the bill should be supplemented with regulationson international cooperation in medical examination and treatment, personneltraining, technology transfer, patient support and transport between Vietnam andother countries.
Tran Thi Nhi Ha, a representative of Hanoi, said that from lessons drawn fromCOVID-19 prevention and control, the bill has included regulations that enablethe medical system to respond to emergencies more smoothly.
Regarding the use of language during the provision ofmedical services to foreigners, Ha said that it is necessary to ensure feasibilityof the regulations and safety for patients, while creating favourableconditions for patients to access modern medical services and createopportunities for domestic medical workers to absorb scientific advances andmedical techniques in the world.
Therefore, Ha said that the regulation that foreign medical practitioners mustspeak Vietnamese fluently to be allowed to work in Vietnam should bereconsidered to suit the reality.
Agreeing with Ha, Bac Ninh province’s representative Nguyen Thi Ha said that thisregulation should be reviewed to avoid the creation of barriers for Vietnamesemedical workers to access advanced medical science and technology in the world,especially in the current international integration period.
On medical service prices, deputies held that the bill should fully clarify theprices of medical examination and treatment services with the consideration of factorsmaking up the service costs.
Ha Nam province’s representative Tran Van Khai proposed thatthe compiling agency of the bill continue to make clear principles in the procurement and use of medical supplies and medicines, the regulations onmedical examination and treatment in special conditions for special groups ofdiseases, general rules and criteria for determining costs of medicalexamination and treatment services and medical equipment management andprocurement from different financial sources./.
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