On the morning of July 4, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long chaired a national online conference to review 5 years of implementing the "Program for developing traditional medicine and pharmacy, combining traditional medicine and modern medicine by 2030".
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Duong Tat Thang and leaders of the Department of Health operate the Ha Tinh bridge.
After 5 years of implementing Decision 1893/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on "Program for developing traditional medicine and pharmacy, combining traditional medicine and pharmacy with modern medicine and pharmacy until 2030", with the efforts of all levels and sectors, traditional medicine and pharmacy work has achieved some encouraging achievements: the system of basic traditional medicine and pharmacy facilities has been invested in and upgraded; the traditional medicine and pharmacy network at the grassroots level has been increasingly consolidated and developed; the quality of medicinal herbs and medicinal ingredients is guaranteed, traditional medicine is diverse and highly effective; medical examination and treatment services in the field of traditional medicine and pharmacy are increasingly rich and diversified...
As of May 2025, nationwide, there will be 259 medical departments and medical centers with full-time specialists in traditional medicine, an increase of 1.8% compared to 2019. The traditional medicine examination and treatment system currently has 5 central hospitals; 58 provinces and centrally-run cities have traditional medicine hospitals, reaching a rate of 95%.
The rate of medical examination using traditional medicine, combining traditional medicine with modern medicine out of the total number of medical examinations and treatments at the central level accounts for 3.3%, at the provincial level 13.8%, at the district level 15.2%, at the commune level 25.9%...
In addition to the achieved results, the implementation of the program still has some limitations such as: hospitals have invested in upgrading infrastructure and modern equipment but have not really attracted patients to come for medical examination and treatment; the training framework in the field of traditional medicine is not suitable for reality; investment in resources for traditional medicine is not commensurate with the role and importance in people's health care; the development of traditional medicine is not commensurate with the inherent potential and strengths...
In Ha Tinh, identifying the advantages of natural resources and conditions, the province has issued mechanisms and policies to facilitate the planting, harvesting, use of medicinal herbs and scientific research in the field of traditional medicine. The quality of examination and treatment of diseases using traditional medicine in the province is increasingly improved. Currently, 100% of commune and ward health stations have staff in charge of oriental medicine work, 100% of health stations with oriental medicine examination and treatment are covered by health insurance. The provincial Oriental Medicine Association preserves and inherits over 300 traditional medicine prescriptions and 70 precious medicinal plants...
At the conference, delegates discussed a number of issues on the development of traditional medicine in the police force; the development of medicinal herbs; the communication work on the development of traditional medicine; the construction and development of the traditional medicine system at the grassroots level in the locality to serve the initial medical examination and treatment; the development of medicinal herbs in ethnic minority areas, remote and isolated areas; the combination of traditional medicine and modern medicine in treatment, research and training; the development of domestic medicinal herb cultivation according to GACP...
Concluding the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long emphasized the role of traditional medicine, an important part of Vietnamese medicine. Traditional medicine has accompanied the history of the nation with the four diagnosis methods (observation, hearing, questioning, and palpation - 4 basic examination methods in traditional medicine). At the same time, he highly appreciated the health sector in implementing Decision 1893/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister.
In the coming time, the Deputy Prime Minister requested to thoroughly implement the direction of the General Secretary at the working session with the Ministry of Health on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnam Doctors' Day, which is: "Developing traditional medicine combined with modern medicine. It is necessary to enhance the role of traditional medicine in health care, especially in the treatment of chronic diseases and rehabilitation; combining traditional medicine with modern medicine in diagnosis and treatment; promoting research on folk remedies, improving the scientific nature of traditional medicine; investing in oriental medicine research centers, developing effective herbal treatment methods; supporting the training of traditional medicine doctors, expanding the model of combining Eastern and Western medicine".
The Deputy Prime Minister requested all levels, sectors and localities to innovate their thinking, have specific, feasible and long-term strategic solutions; focus on training and developing human resources; build professional titles and worthy positions for the team working in traditional medicine; connect and build traditional medicine products such as OCOP products; focus on investment resources for traditional medicine, key hospitals, and development of medicinal resources...
Source: https://baohatinh.vn/dua-y-duoc-co-truyen-phat-trien-dung-tam-post291108.html
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