The province performs medical examination and treatment for 170 thousand people

01/11/2018 15:28

(BNP) - In October, the whole province performed medical examination and treatment for 170,000 people, up 0.9% over the previous month, of which 20.5 thousand people are inpatients, up 1.5%.

Medical examination and treatment at the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital

Particularly, during the month, the health sector supervised medical examination and treatment in a number of type-2 hospitals and commune health stations in order to promptly solve problems in medical examination and treatment and management of medical records. Thereby, it contributes to improving the service attitude and quality of patient care.

After 10 months, the health sector has treated 1,707 thousand people, up 2% over the same period last year, especially inpatient treatment for 192 thousand people, up 9.8%.

In the province, hand-foot-and-mouth disease in children has been still complicated. So far, the province has recorded 440 cases of hand-foot-and-mouth disease, increasing 255 cases year-on-year.

To take the initiative in disease prevention, especially in weather-changing conditions, the health sector has coordinated with the education and training sector and localities to implement measures to prevent diseases in schools, kindergartens.