Lao Dong Newspaper received feedback from readers about people hospitalized at Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital having to buy a bag of medical supplies including cotton, bananas, surgical knives... for about 2 million VND. Many people even have to buy medicine to treat it themselves.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa (character's name has been changed), residing in Thuy Nguyen city, Hai Phong, said: "My mother was hospitalized in the Department of Surgery and was scheduled for hemorrhage surgery. After that, the medical staff at the department wrote a document and asked me to go to the hospital's pharmacy to buy a bag of medical supplies, made from ice cubes, injection needles... for nearly 2 million VND".
Similar to Ms. Hoa, some people taking care of their family members at Viet Tiep Hospital also said that they were asked by the nursing staff to buy a bag of medical supplies themselves.
The fact that patients' families have to buy equipment, medical supplies, bandages, etc. has made many people wonder and feel confused because patients did not have to buy these items themselves before.
Discussing the above information, the representative of Viet Tiep Hospital said: In the past time, the health sector has encountered many difficulties, problems and general inadequacies in bidding, purchasing drugs, supplies, and medical equipment, greatly affecting the medical examination and treatment of people. Many public hospitals across the country are also facing a serious shortage of drugs and medical supplies, hospitals have to transfer patients or have to transfer patients to private hospitals for medical examination and treatment, increasing costs and prolonging treatment time.
In that situation, Viet Tiep Hospital has established a Procurement Board to coordinate with agencies and units to carry out the procurement and bidding of drugs, supplies and medical equipment in accordance with regulations, best meeting the urgent needs of medical examination and treatment for the people.
However, there are some times, the shopping is still delayed, facing many difficulties, so the hospital also faces local shortage of drugs and medical supplies. Meanwhile, the emergency and treatment of patients is very urgent and urgent, very need to have medical drugs and medical supplies to perform surgery, procedures and treatment of patients, limit the transfer of patients to higher levels. There are difficult and complicated surgery, procedures, if there are better medical drugs and supplies, it will increase the possibility of success and quality of surgery and procedures; Reduce unwanted complications and complications.
In addition, according to the representative of Viet Tiep Hospital, many patients and their families need to use better, more advanced drugs and medical supplies outside the health insurance list for treatment, so doctors have prescribed them for use according to the family's wishes, contributing to improving the effectiveness and quality of treatment.
The hospital affirmed that the unit has a system of reputable pharmacies and supplies to provide a full range of drugs and supplies and patients can completely voluntarily choose according to their requirements.
Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital is a first -class, intensive general hospital, a last -route hospital in medical examination and treatment for people in Hai Phong city and neighboring provinces. Each day, the hospital is an average outpatient examination of over 2,000 people, inpatient treatment from 2,000 - 2,400 patients, each year performing nearly 20,000 surgeries and procedures each year, including many serious and complex patients who have been emergency and urgently and promptly treated.
