Ho Chi Minh City implements comprehensive health care program at social protection centers

Ho Chi Minh City deploys health care support for subjects at social protection centers through the coordination of 16 general and specialized hospitals.

Leaders of the Department of Health surveyed the current status of health care for disabled children at the Thi Nghe Center for the Protection of Disabled and Orphaned Children on March 13, 2025 - Photo: SYT

On the occasion of Vietnam Social Work Day, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health will officially launch a comprehensive health care program for people currently receiving care at social protection centers.

Accordingly, the Department of Health assigned 16 general and specialized hospitals to provide comprehensive support for health care activities for subjects being cared for and managed at social protection centers, including medical examination and treatment activities and other activities related to the health sector.

Specifically, specialized hospitals such as Mental Hospitals, Rehabilitation and Occupational Disease Treatment Hospitals, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Traditional Medicine Hospitals, etc. will proactively support remote medical consultation, organize consultations, and develop regular specialist examination plans at social protection centers. Thanks to that, patients no longer have to travel to hospitals for specialist examinations as before.

In addition, district and city general hospitals will sign comprehensive cooperation agreements with social protection centers to improve the effectiveness of health care for sponsored people.

The top priority is to strengthen and enhance the capacity of health stations at the centers, to be eligible to sign medical examination and treatment contracts with social insurance agencies according to the internal medicine clinic model.

On-site first aid training and support for transporting emergency patients to hospital will be undertaken by the 115 Emergency Center.

In addition, the Department of Health has assigned functional departments to proactively guide social protection centers to properly implement professional and technical procedures according to regulations.

At the same time, functional departments will coordinate to develop a set of quality criteria related to health care at the centers, as a basis for assessing the level of achievement and orientation for improvement in the coming time.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health continues to coordinate with the Departments of Health of Binh Duong , Binh Phuoc and Lam Dong provinces to implement health insurance examination and treatment for subjects being cared for at social protection centers in these provinces.

At the same time, the department requested that medical centers and district-level general hospitals in localities continue to support the transportation and emergency care of patients when necessary.

It is expected that on March 25, 2025, the Department of Health will organize a conference to deploy activities to improve the quality of health care at social protection centers under the Department of Health, starting a series of activities to improve the quality of health care at the centers.

List of hospitals assigned to support health care for subjects being managed at 12 social protection centers:

1. Thi Nghe Nursing Center:

Comprehensive support unit: Nguyen Trai Hospital.

2. Thi Nghe Orphanage for Disabled Children:

Comprehensive support unit: Binh Thanh District Hospital;

Specialized support units: Mental Hospital, Children's Hospital 2, Rehabilitation and Occupational Disease Treatment Hospital.

3. Center for Social Work - VocationalEducation for Youth, City:

Comprehensive support unit: Children's Hospital;

Specialized support unit: Hung Vuong Hospital supports examination and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology.

4. Go Vap Child Care and Protection Center:

Comprehensive support unit: Go Vap District Hospital;

Specialized support units: Mental Hospital, Children's Hospital 2, Rehabilitation and Occupational Disease Treatment Hospital.

5. Mental Health Care Center:

Comprehensive support unit: Thu Duc City Hospital;

Specialized support unit: Mental Hospital.

6. Tan Dinh Psychiatric Nursing Center:

Comprehensive support unit: Le Van Thinh Hospital;

Specialized support unit: Mental Hospital.

7. Binh Duc Social Protection Center:

Comprehensive support unit: District 11 Hospital;

Specialized support unit: Mental Hospital.

8. Thanh Loc Center for Care and Protection of Paralyzed People:

Comprehensive support unit: District 12 Hospital;

Specialized support unit: Hospital of Rehabilitation and Occupational Disease Treatment.

9. Hiep Binh Chanh Center for Care and Support of the Disabled:

Comprehensive support unit: Thu Duc Regional General Hospital;

Specialized support unit: Hospital of Rehabilitation and Occupational Disease Treatment.

10. Social Support Center:

Comprehensive support unit: An Binh Hospital.

11. Chanh Phu Hoa Social Protection Center:

Comprehensive support unit: Cu Chi District Hospital;

Specialized support units: Mental Hospital, Rehabilitation Hospital and Occupational Disease Treatment.

12. Tan Hiep Social Protection Center:

Comprehensive support unit: Tan Phu District Hospital;

Specialized support unit: Mental Hospital.

For the above 12 centers, the unit supporting transportation and first aid training is the 115 Emergency Center.

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CAM NUONG

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