Mr. Nguyen Dang Giap - Director of the Central Highlands General Hospital - said that currently, regulations related to bidding such as the Bidding Law, decree and guiding circular have been fully issued. Thereby, contributing to removing many difficulties and obstacles in bidding for the procurement of drugs and medical supplies.
However, the actual implementation process at the hospital still has many shortcomings. According to Mr. Giap, the regulation allows investors to look up the prices of winning bids and products that have been announced.
However, it is still impossible to determine exactly whether this price is reasonable or not. In case the competent authority inspects and discovers incorrect prices, units using this price as a basis will be jointly responsible.
From that reality, Mr. Giap recommended that the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and branches need to determine and announce specific medical service prices.
This is to help medical facilities can apply it uniformly, helping investors feel more secure and proactive in bidding.
Sharing the same view, Mr. Trinh Hong Nhut - Director of Buon Ma Thuot General Hospital - said that the hospital is facing difficulties in bidding for drug purchases.
Mr. Nhut pointed out the shortcomings while private hospitals can apply bidding prices, public hospitals are forced to bid according to regulations.
There are many types of drugs that are not purchased in large quantities but are very necessary for treatment. However, due to low value and low profits, the contractor is not interested in participating. This causes difficulties in ensuring a source of medicine for patients.
Mr. Nhut suggested that there should be a flexible mechanism or specific solutions to remove this difficulty and ensure the legitimate rights and treatment needs of the people.
At the Krong Bong District Medical Center (Dak Lak province), in the past, it has also fallen into a similar situation when it was unable to buy some essential drugs to serve the operating room or treat mental patients.
These drugs have little demand for use, are cheap, and the total cost of purchase is only about 10 million VND/year.
Although the bidding was organized, no unit attended, forcing the center to contact other facilities to support the drug source.
