The Ministry of Health is drafting a Circular guiding the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of Traditional Medicine Hospitals under provinces and centrally run cities.
According to this latest draft, the Provincial Traditional Medicine Hospital is a medical service unit under the Department of Health.
The draft proposes that the Traditional Medicine Hospital have 13 tasks. In particular, Traditional Medicine Hospital examines and treats diseases; restores functions, organizes first aid, emergency care, medical examination and treatment with outpatient treatment, inpatient treatment, and daytime treatment using traditional medicine methods and techniques;
At the same time, organize general medical examination and treatment according to the provisions of law; carry out health care, consultation, clinical psychology, clinical nutrition according to the provisions of law; organize health examination and health certification according to the provisions of law;
At the same time, the Traditional Medicine Hospital is responsible for researching, applying science and technology, preserving and developing traditional medicine and pharmaceuticals; combining traditional medicine with modern medicine;
Scientific research, inheritance research on traditional medicine, traditional medicine, and herbal medicine; scientific research on traditional medicine and pharmaceuticals, combining traditional medicine and pharmaceuticals with modern medicine and applying research results in disease prevention and treatment; transferring initiatives and scientific topics, preservation, inheritance, and application according to the provisions of law.
Transferring technical expertise in traditional medicine and pharmacy, combining traditional medicine with modern medicine
In the draft, on continuous training, fostering and updating medical knowledge; practicing medical examination and treatment, the Ministry of Health proposes: Traditional Medicine Hospitals will have qualified health workers participating in training and guiding the practice of medical examination and treatment according to the provisions of law; organize continuous training to update medical knowledge for health workers according to regulations; receive, create conditions and guide students and trainees of training institutions in the health sector and those who need to study and practice medical examination and treatment at the hospital according to the provisions of law.
The Traditional Medicine Hospital plans and implements support and transfer of technical expertise in traditional medicine and pharmaceuticals, combining traditional medicine with modern medicine for medical examination and treatment facilities in the province; participates in inspecting the implementation of professional regulations, methods and techniques on traditional medicine and pharmaceuticals for other medical examination and treatment facilities in the province.
Traditional Medicine Hospital has the task of preventing diseases and disasters; participating in disease prevention, natural disasters and disasters; communication, health education, disease prevention, natural disasters, disasters, accident prevention; performing disease prevention, disease prevention, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters...
Pharmaceutical, chemical, supplies, and medical equipment: Traditional Medicine Hospital develops an annual plan for medicinal herbs, traditional medicine, drugs, chemicals, supplies, and medical equipment to provide enough to serve medical examination and treatment.
Organize the preparation, processing, and flavoring of traditional medicine, traditional medicine, and medicinal herbs to meet the needs of patients and people in the area when meeting the prescribed conditions; guide patients, organize the classification of drugs for patients.
Guiding patients, organizing the use of traditional medicine for patients; guiding the use of traditional medicine, traditional medicine, medicinal herbs, and pharmaceuticals reasonably, safely and effectively; coordinating with functional units to advise competent authorities on the conservation and development of medicinal herbs; reporting unwanted effects and harmful reactions of drugs according to the provisions of law; organizing hospital pharmacies; organizing drug retail facilities according to regulations.
The Provincial Traditional Medicine Hospital will develop a plan and implement regulations on quality standards for hospital quality assessment according to regulations...
Hospitals self-assess the quality, publicize the quality of hospitals according to regulations...
The draft is currently being consulted by the public on the Ministry of Health's Electronic Information Portal.
