The official dispatch was issued after this agency received a document from the Government Office on understanding the situation, handling problems, and ensuring adequate supply of drugs and medical supplies.
The Ministry of Health requests the Provincial/City People's Committee to direct the heads of medical facilities under their management to fully carry out the responsibilities of competent persons, responsibilities of investors and bidders (such as leaders). Department of Health, hospital leaders) in selecting contractors, ensuring enough drugs, chemicals, testing supplies, medical equipment and other related services for medical examination and treatment; Promote and strictly manage the organization of procurement and bidding, ensuring publicity, transparency, efficiency, and avoiding waste.
"Be responsible if there is a shortage of drugs, chemicals, testing supplies, medical equipment and related services at medical facilities under your management," the official dispatch of the Ministry of Health emphasized. strong.
The Ministry of Health also requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct the Department of Health and local-level centralized procurement units to synthesize the procurement needs of drugs, medical supplies, and medical equipment in the list of local-level centralized procurement. of medical facilities under ministries, branches and businesses located in the area when these medical facilities have needs according to regulations.
Currently, planning and organizing the selection of drug and material contractors is built at 3 levels: national level (for example, the National Drug Purchasing Center), local level (such as the Department of Health). and grassroots level (such as units and hospitals).
Leaders of the Ministry of Health request the People's Committees of provinces/cities to direct investors to resolve problems in the contractor selection process according to their authority, without pushing responsibility to ministries, branches, and superior agencies to resolve. Issues arising during the contractor selection process are the responsibility of the investor (such as: handling situations, recommendations in bidding...).
Previously, a document from the Government Office conveyed the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai to assign the Ministry of Health to check and understand the situation reported by the press, and have solutions to promptly remove problems and difficulties. in purchasing and bidding for drugs and medical supplies at public medical facilities.
In many recent documents related to bidding, procurement of drugs, supplies, and medical equipment, leaders of the Ministry of Health commented that current legal regulations on bidding "have been promulgated promptly and fully." sufficient, unified and synchronous"; Clearly define the authority and responsibility of each subject, creating conditions to encourage investors to feel secure and proactively implement the project.
However, in some places there are still shortages of drugs, vaccines, equipment, supplies, and biological products, especially shortages of drugs on the health insurance list.
Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said that the shortage of drugs and medical equipment "only occurs locally", part of the reason is that medical facilities and localities "have not been closely directed to ensure drug supply", such as lack of initiative in forecasting, determining needs, planning, implementing bidding and procurement...
