The Ministry of Health is proposing new regulations on allowances for health workers
In response to voters' recommendations from many provinces and cities on increasing allowances for health workers, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan responded.
The Ministry of Health has proposed drafting a Government Decree stipulating a number of special allowance regimes for civil servants, public employees, and workers in public health facilities, anti-epidemic allowances, and support regimes for health workers in villages, hamlets, and residential groups, and being included in the 2025 Work Program of the Government and the Prime Minister according to Decision 150 dated January 16, 2025.
Currently, the Ministry of Health is urgently drafting the above Decree according to the process of developing legal documents, expected to be submitted to the Government in June 2025.
Along with that, the Ministry of Health is also drafting a Decree to replace Decree 56 2011 regulating preferential allowances according to occupation for civil servants and public employees at public health facilities. See more
Reasons for buying health insurance after 30 days of use
In a petition sent to the health sector after the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly, Bac Lieu voters reflected that when participating in purchasing health insurance for the first time, the time to use the card is 30 days after purchase. According to voters, such a period of time is "too long, affecting the rights of buyers".
Responding to this proposal, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan in a document responding to voters said: According to Article 16 of the Law on Health Insurance, most participants are allowed to use cards right from the date of health insurance payment. However, groups that are supported by the budget or participate in it non-continuously for 3 months or more must wait 30 days to ensure the principle of sustainable health insurance participation, avoiding the situation of only paying health insurance when suffering from illness.
For groups purchased by employees, employers or state budget employees, cards will be used immediately after completing the fee payment. On the contrary, groups that are partially supported by the State (such as near-poor households, students), or buy health insurance according to households, or take a break from health insurance for more than 3 months, must wait 30 days to take effect. See more
The progress of the Bach Mai Hospital project and Viet Duc Hospital, Facility 2, is quite slow and worrying
Deputy Minister of Health Le Duc Luan has just chaired a meeting to implement Resolution No. 34/NQ-CP dated February 13, 2025 of the Government on mechanisms and solutions to handle difficulties and problems in the Investment Project to build the two facilities of Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc Friendship Hospital in Ha Nam.
Deputy Minister of Health Le Duc Luan said that he had just inspected the construction site of Viet Duc Hospital, showing that the contractor still arranged a few workers.
"The current implementation progress is quite slow and worrying. The Project Management Board requires contractors to arrange enough human resources to speed up the construction progress to ensure the progress in plan No. 256 of the Ministry of Health and strictly implement Resolution No. 34 of the Government..." See more
Reenacting the trick of forging hospital documents to call for charity
On the evening of March 13, Children's Hospital 2 issued a fake warning to call for charity. pages and groups on Facebook appeared information calling for support for a pediatric patient being treated at Children's Hospital 2.
The content was shared by a user named Huynh Huu Hieu, his son, Huynh Huu Duc (born in 2024, Dien Phu commune, Pleiku city, Gia Lai province) being treated for pneumonia, respiratory failure, and sepsis at Children's Hospital 2. Currently, the child has died, the family is facing difficulties and is asking for support to go to the bank account number.
After checking the information, Children's Hospital 2 said that the unit did not receive and treat the patient as shared in the article. Information and photos with the article have been of interest and spread on social networking sites. See more
Beware of license brokers practicing medicine and pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City
On March 13, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that the unit has discovered websites and social networking sites that post advertising content for services for business licenses, medical practice licenses, etc. That is the social network TikTok with the account dichvuyduoctphcm, website and Facebook dichvuyduoc.net. These pages are not owned by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.
The Department of Health has forwarded this information to the City Police for investigation and strict handling according to the provisions of law. See more
