No disruption to medical work in disaster response

The Ministry of Health has just sent an official dispatch to the Departments of Health of provinces and centrally-run cities, and units under and directly under the Ministry of Health on proactive medical work to respond to natural disasters and the storm season in 2025.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Health requested the Department of Health of provinces and centrally-run cities and units under the Ministry of Health to strictly implement the directives on natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue, closely monitor warnings and weather forecasts on the mass media, proactively grasp the developments of storms and floods to proactively develop prevention and control plans.

Do not be passive, surprised, or interrupt medical work in disaster response when arranging, perfecting the organizational structure and rearranging administrative units and organizing local governments at two levels.

Patients are treated at the Emergency Department, Central Highlands General Hospital. Illustrative photo.

Hospitals and institutes with beds under the Ministry of Health must prepare human resources, ambulances, medical equipment, medicine, and consumables to promptly respond to provinces affected by the storm when ordered to mobilize.

The Ministry of Health requests the Department of Health of provinces and cities to direct and take responsibility for supervising and inspecting hospitals and affiliated units regarding their readiness to respond to natural disasters, storms and floods, especially trauma emergency care; ensure 24/7 communication lines with emergency units to be ready to participate in rescue when mobilized; coordinate with localities to inspect and review unsafe medical facilities in areas at risk of landslides during heavy rains; proactively organize the relocation and evacuation of medical facilities in low-lying areas with high risk of flooding, flash floods, and landslides; review, adjust, and supplement reserves of medicines, chemicals, and medical supplies for disaster prevention and search and rescue during the rainy and stormy season according to the motto "four on-site" ...

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/xa-hoi/202506/khong-de-gian-doan-cong-tac-y-te-trong-ung-pho-thien-tai-c610e52/