The City People's Committee (City) has just issued an Official Dispatch on strengthening the prevention, control and overcoming of damage caused by natural disasters before the 2025 storm season, to implement Directive No. 06/CT-BYT dated July 8, 2025 of the Minister of Health.
Accordingly, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City assigned the Director of the Department of Health to preside over and coordinate with the Heads of relevant agencies and units to study and effectively implement the above Directive to ensure timeliness, strictness and compliance with regulations.
In particular, directing the development of plans to improve the organization and apparatus of agencies to direct, command and perform health response tasks in preventing, responding to and overcoming natural disaster consequences at the provincial and commune levels, assigning responsibilities to organizations and individuals to be ready to operate when situations arise, ensuring that the work of preventing, combating and overcoming natural disasters, and rescue is operated smoothly, effectively and efficiently after the merger at the provincial and district levels, and ending the operation of the district level.
Conduct reviews and adjustments to response plans and solutions for each type of natural disaster according to the new situation, in accordance with the actual situation in the city, focusing on emergency, rescue, and safety measures for people, especially reducing human losses when landslides, flash floods, floods, and major storms occur; coordinate with the Department of Science and Technology and People's Committees of communes and wards to ensure continuous 24/24 communication lines with emergency units to be ready to participate in rescue when mobilized.
In particular, the Can Tho Department of Health coordinated with the Chairmen of the People's Committees of communes and wards 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.
