Health care facilities must be able to cope with epidemics

* Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem works with Hanoi

* Minister Mai Ai Truc came to Quang Nam

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (middle) visits a closed slaughter line of Huynh Gia Huynh De Company

November 9, working with members of the Steering Committee for AI prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung determined: propaganda is decisive, the city must continue to do this well through many channels. Deputy Prime Minister affirmed: 'How much it costs to do, vaccines must buy enough injections. As for Tamiflu, by all means (buying or producing) must be enough for the people . '

The Deputy Prime Minister also suggested that if a pandemic of large numbers occurs, the city must implement the motto "three in place": on-site facilities, on-the-spot and on-site facilities. Therefore, he asked the Ministry of Health to strengthen isolation beds and breathing machines for ward and commune health stations (the previous action plan only equipped to hospitals, district health centers).

In addition, the health sector must also focus on training for medical doctors in lower levels who know how to deal with pandemic flu. As for drugs, the Deputy Prime Minister affirmed: 'How much to do, vaccines must buy enough injections. As for Tamiflu, by all means (buying or producing) must be enough for the people. '

According to Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien, if any epidemic occurs, Vietnam will have 10% of the population infected, of which 1% of the population will die. The Minister worried if there was a pandemic, the number of beds in our country would only meet about a quarter of this forecast.

Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan - Standing Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee - said after November 15, the City will only have three large poultry slaughtering establishments, with a closed operation process, that is Huynh Gia Huynh De Company. , An Phu Sinh Company, An Nhon Company of Saigon Agriculture Corporation. In the near future, transporting poultry from the provinces to slaughterhouses in the city must also follow the prescribed route, with signs. Particularly, 51 slaughter establishments have the remaining permission to calculate the support level to help them change their careers.

* On the morning of November 9, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem went to inspect the prevention of avian influenza and human pandemic influenza in Hanoi.

According to the report of the City People's Committee, Hanoi Department of Health organized training for doctors and doctors in all hospitals to supervise and treat when the pandemic occurs. In particular, 90 private health facilities in the city were also able to participate in this scale training.

According to Mr. Le Quy Don, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee, Hanoi will spend about VND 50 billion on epidemic prevention and support for livestock farmers to destroy poultry flocks in this season.

* On the afternoon of November 9, after checking the avian influenza situation in Thang Binh district and the preparation for treatment of influenza at Quang Nam General Hospital, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Mai Ai Truc had working with functional branches of Quang Nam province.

Reported at the meeting, Chairman of Quang Nam People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Phuc announced the outbreak of avian influenza in three districts: Tang Binh, Nui Thanh and Que Son. There are now more than 1,500 birds and hundreds of dead birds for unknown reasons.

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