Legal procedures not yet completed, infrastructure degraded
On April 18, a source from Lao Dong Newspaper said that Tay Nguyen Regional General Hospital had a report sent to the Standing Committee of Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee on the operating status of the unit. The report clearly stated many inadequacies in facilities and legal aspects.
According to the report, the project was invested in in 2009, put into use in 2019 with a scale of about 12ha.
However, to date, the hospital has not completed environmental procedures due to the lack of the original environmental impact assessment report, so it has only been granted a temporary operating license and is being renewed for the second time.
This affects social insurance signing, medical waste management and many other professional activities.
In addition, the items of buildings B, C, D, E have not been finalized; the Project Management Board has not handed over complete dossiers, causing the hospital to lack legal basis for repair and upgrade when necessary.
Over time of use, many buildings have revealed inadequacies, especially the closed glass door system, with few openings, causing poor air circulation, causing hot weather in the dry season. However, due to the lack of project finalization, renovation is facing many difficulties.
In addition, the main water supply system has deteriorated, is rusty, and poses a risk of bursts, affecting fire prevention and fighting work. Some items such as the embankment of building E and the corridor of connecting bridge No. 2 are also subsided and displaced for a long time.
Although repairs have been proposed many times, the existing problems have not been overcome, affecting emergency care and patient transportation.
Proposal for definitive handling
Leaders of Tay Nguyen Regional General Hospital said that the original environmental impact assessment report of the project - approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (old) - is no longer available. While this is a mandatory document to complete the dossier for environmental permits.
The hospital proposed that relevant agencies soon establish a working group to review, prepare and supplement reports according to the current bed size, in order to complete legal procedures.
At the same time, the unit proposed that the Department of Health and related parties remove obstacles, soon finalize construction items, and allocate funds to repair degraded items to ensure professional operations.
The Central Highlands Regional General Hospital also requested the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and Provincial People's Committee to direct departments and branches to provide complete legal documents and guide the completion of official operating license procedures. Thereby, creating conditions for signing insurance medical examination and treatment contracts, ensuring the rights of people.
