Urgently repair educational and medical facilities damaged by natural disasters

On August 29, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 151/CD-TTg on urgently repairing educational and medical facilities damaged by natural disasters, ensuring learning conditions for students and medical examination and treatment for people.

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The Prime Minister requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities, especially Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Son La, Dien Bien, Phu Tho, Lao Cai, Thai Nguyen (localities affected by storm No. 5 and floods in July and August) to directly direct and organize a thorough review, statistics, and full assessment of the extent of damage to educational and medical facilities in the area.

Mobilize military, police, youth union and people to focus on cleaning schools, speeding up the repair and restoration of schools and medical facilities damaged by natural disasters, completing before September 1, ensuring conditions for organizing the opening ceremony of the new school year on time, ensuring medical examination and treatment for people.

Absolutely do not let students lack schools, classes, teachers, clothes, books, teaching equipment and learning materials; do not let people lack places to see a doctor or get medical treatment.

The Prime Minister stated that the local budget reserve at all levels must be proactively used and all other legal resources must be mobilized to ensure progress. In case of exceeding capacity, the provincial People's Committee shall propose the need for central support to the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Finance for handling according to regulations.

The Minister of Education and Training organized inspection teams to urge localities to carry out school and classroom cleaning work, overcome consequences for educational institutions affected by natural disasters, and promptly support localities and educational institutions to ensure conditions for organizing the opening ceremony of the new school year on time as prescribed.

The Ministry of Education and Training directs the Directors of the Departments of Education and Training of localities and functional units to grasp the situation of facilities, teaching equipment, textbooks and learning materials, especially for local educational institutions affected by storm No. 5 and floods in July and August; proactively handle proposals and support requests from localities according to their authority; synthesize and report to the Prime Minister for direction on handling issues beyond their authority.

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The Minister of Health directed functional units and medical forces at the grassroots level to review and promptly supplement reserve medicines, chemicals, and supplies, ensuring adequate supply of essential medicines for the people; organize environmental sanitation, disease prevention, and food safety after floods; not to interrupt emergency and treatment work; direct local health sectors and functional units to grasp the situation of facilities, equipment, and reserve medicines for medical examination and treatment, especially in localities heavily affected by recent natural disasters and floods.

The Ministers of the Ministries of National Defense and Public Security direct military and police units stationed in the area to mobilize maximum forces, means, and materials to support localities affected by recent natural disasters in cleaning schools, repairing damaged educational and medical facilities, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters in general according to local requests.

LAM NGUYEN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/khan-truong-khac-phuc-co-so-giao-duc-y-te-bi-thiet-hai-do-thien-tai-post810850.html