Cho Ray Hospital is in danger of closing: Supplies are seriously degraded, so we can only ask for help from the Ministry of Finance

In recent days, the news that Cho Ray Hospital is in danger of closing has made many people confused. Simply because there are hundreds of thousands of patients who are dependent and treated here.

If Cho Ray Hospital really has to close, then there is a high possibility that the city. Ho Chi Minh City may have a health crisis for a long time. The cause of this problem is also dissected.

The director of Cho Ray Hospital confirmed that the bidding package price is the hospital's most difficult problem. If you continue to wait for 3 quotes, the hospital will definitely temporarily stop working because there are not enough chemicals.

On February 24, information from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City said that Dr. BS Nguyen Tri Thuc, the director of the hospital, had a report sent to the Ministry of Health about difficulties and problems when purchasing equipment. medical equipment and pay medical expenses covered by health insurance.

According to the report, currently, most high-tech medical equipment such as computerized tomography (CT-scanner), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), color doppler ultrasound machine are not enough. 3 Quotations according to regulations to carry out bidding for new procurement of medical equipment and repair and maintenance.

This fact has a great influence on the quality of medical care. Hospitals are often in a state of lack of medical equipment, damaged equipment cannot be repaired, have to transfer patients to another facility for technical performance, causing many difficulties and inconveniences for patients.

Currently, there are a lot of medical equipment, chemicals and essential medical consumables in treatment, in the process of developing the bid package price, Cho Ray Hospital could not receive all 3 quotations. in the area, and also cannot collect quotes in other areas.

"This problem has caused a lot of obstacles to the treatment and emergency treatment of patients. If the hospital continues to wait for 3 quotations, the hospital cannot build a bid package price, from which the hospital will certainly temporarily suspended operations because there are not enough chemicals to confirm the diagnosis and not enough consumable medical supplies to treat patients," the hospital's report stated.

Regarding the circulation number and the import license of medical equipment, the hospital said that most of them are no longer valid, so it seriously affects the treatment of patients. Contractors cannot import medical equipment to supply hospitals, especially chemicals for blood gas testing, diagnostic tests for myocardial infarction...

The hospital side believes that medical equipment (including medical supplies and chemicals) is a specific commodity of the medical industry, directly related to the patient's life, so it is necessary to specified, complete, clear, public and timely to meet the treatment needs of patients.

From the above fact, the hospital recommends the leaders of the Ministry of Health and relevant departments to urgently amend and supplement Decree 98/2021/ND-CP to solve current problems and difficulties to hospitals can deploy the procurement of medical equipment.

Specifically, the management of prices of medical equipment (including medical supplies, chemicals), spare parts, repair and maintenance, etc. must ensure publicity and objectivity with the actual value of the equipment. equipment, there must be an agency that controls and is responsible for the declaration and publicization of prices. The Ministry of Health urgently needs to renew, re-issue or extend the circulation number and import license specified in Decree 98 to quickly have medical supplies and chemicals for the treatment of patients.

In the long term, Cho Ray Hospital recommends that it be necessary to develop a separate procurement law for the health sector or supplement the procurement chapter for the medical sector in the Bidding Law.

Cho Ray Hospital is a national general hospital serving the South, located in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. This is a special last-line hospital directly under the Ministry of Health, as well as a center for scientific research, directing and implementing many international cooperation projects in the medical field.

The hospital was established at the end of the 19th century, was the general hospital with the largest number of beds at that time.

After 1975, the hospital was taken over by the new government and placed under the Ministry of Health until now. In 1993, Cho Ray Hospital received Japanese aid for infrastructure reconstruction and in the following years continued to receive support from this country in terms of training, equipment, and medical techniques.

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