On the morning of April 11, the National Assembly Delegation of Dak Lak province held a conference to meet voters on the health sector.

Attending the conference were Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet; provincial National Assembly deputies; representatives of relevant departments and branches, and a large number of voters.

Delegates attending the conference.

After listening to the representative of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation report on the program and expected content of the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly; the results of the National Assembly Delegation's activities since the 8th Session up to now, voters contributed many opinions expressing their thoughts, aspirations and recommendations to the National Assembly deputies and relevant agencies, organizations and individuals in the health sector.

Accordingly, reflecting on the difficulties in drug bidding, voters said that although the current legal regulations on bidding have been removed, there are still many new points, so medical facilities have not fully grasped them to apply to procurement. The drug bidding process has many situations that arise, leading to some items not being selected as winning bidders. Medical staff are trained in the field of medical examination and treatment, focusing on treatment, so there are still limitations in updating and systematizing legal documents guiding the field of bidding... therefore, the organization and implementation at medical facilities face many difficulties, easily leading to errors.

Director of M'Drak District Medical Center Le Thi Thuy gave her opinion at the conference.

Voters expressed their opinions that recruiting and attracting doctors, especially specialists, to work at the district and commune levels is still facing many difficulties due to the inappropriate treatment policies for doctors in particular and medical staff in general at the grassroots level. In addition, voters also recommended that there should be more suitable policies and regimes for psychiatrists, rehabilitation specialists, etc., especially security guards at psychiatric hospitals because they are currently undertaking more tasks than other units (protecting order, property, protecting medical staff when examining patients, etc.).

Voters also warned against the widespread false advertising of functional foods on social networks, with many products having exaggerated effects, causing people to mistake them for treatment drugs. Therefore, voters recommended that the National Assembly and the Government soon issue strict sanctions to tighten advertising and control product quality, protecting consumer rights.

Director of the Central Highlands General Hospital Nguyen Dang Giap expressed his opinion at the conference.

In addition, some voters also proposed increasing funding for medical activities, investing in and upgrading medical facilities and equipment, ensuring necessary conditions for medical examination and treatment; increasing the use and management of electronic medical records; re-planning the medical network, especially grassroots health care after implementing the policy of merging and rearranging administrative units at the provincial and communal levels...

Director of Health Department Nay Phila speaks at the conference.

Concluding the conference, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet said that the conference to meet voters on the health sector was organized by the Provincial National Assembly Delegation to prepare content to reflect and make recommendations to the National Assembly, the Government, ministries, departments and central agencies at the upcoming 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly. This is also an important opportunity for voters in the health sector to directly reflect on difficulties and make recommendations on medical examination and treatment policies, investment in facilities, health insurance and social security for medical staff.

During the working session, the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies listened to and recorded 12 comments from representatives of medical facilities, leaders of the health sector and a number of related departments and branches such as the Department of Finance and the Provincial Social Insurance. The opinions, recommendations and proposals of the delegates were very practical, suitable for reality, and raised many outstanding issues that need to be resolved.

Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet spoke at the conference.

Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet acknowledged and highly appreciated the achievements, shared the difficulties of the health sector in the past time, and at the same time suggested that the health sector should encourage the team of doctors, especially those working at specialized and special hospitals to work with peace of mind; continue to promote initiative and courage to increasingly perform the task of protecting and caring for people's health. The opinions of voters at the conference will be compiled by the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and forwarded to departments, branches, units, and competent authorities for consideration and resolution, and at the same time reflect to the National Assembly, the Government and the Central Ministries, branches and sectors in the next session.