(HBO) – Hoa Binh province hasn’t recorded any cases of COVID-19 so far. Meanwhile, people quarantined at concentrated facilities or at home have felt at ease and seriously complied with regulations on disease prevention and control. This result is partly attributable to communal-level health care network across the province.
Staff
members of the health station of Huu Nghi ward in Hoa Binh city are on duty
around the clock to receive and handle information about the local COVID-19
situation.
At present, Mai Chau district has 85 people
being quarantined at concentrated facilities and 32 others at home. Doctor Pham
Van Cuong, Director of the district’s medical centre, said in response to the
COVID-19 outbreak, the centre has provided training for staff of communal-level
health stations in diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and quarantine. It has also
conducted fumigation at schools, clinics and crowded places to ensure absolute
safety for local residents and tourists.
Health stations of communes and townships have
proved their important role in the disease prevention and control, he noted,
adding that they have coordinated with local schools, businesses and
authorities to update workers, residents and students on the pandemic situation
and prevention measures.
Recently, people coming to health stations in
Tan Lac district for check-ups and treatment have received guidance on health
protection and COVID-19 prevention measures.
Aside from proposing anti-coronavirus measures
to the district’s steering board for COVID-19 prevention and control, the Tan
Lac medical centre has taken initiative to build concrete scenarios to stay
ready to cope with any circumstance. Besides, it has sent staff to monitor
disease prevention and control activities in communal-level localities while
regularly requesting local health stations to provide people with relevant
advice.
In the spirit of "fighting the pandemic is like
fighting an enemy” and steering clear of over-confidence, communal-level health
stations across Hoa Binh province have kept updated with information,
frequently reviewed their performance so as to give timely guidance in
accordance with new developments of the epidemic situation. They have also got infrastructure
readied for receiving and treating patients, and effectively prevented
cross-infection at medical facilities./.
In the afternoon of December 17, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a summary and awarding ceremony for the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024.
Implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to reach a health insurance coverage rate of 95% or more of the population, the Women's Union at all provincial levels has deployed the creative models and methods and effectively replicated them. These activities not only contribute to completing the social security goals, but they also spread the spirit of solidarity and sharing in the community.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
