Hanoi medical workers congratulated on Vietnamese Doctors’ Day
Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung sent congratulations to the local medical staff on the 67th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) while visiting the city’s Health Department and the Saint Paul General Hospital on February 21.
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung (third from left) presents a gift to the Saint Paul General Hospital on February 21. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung sentcongratulations to the local medical staff on the 67th VietnameseDoctors’ Day (February 27) while visiting the city’s Health Department and theSaint Paul General Hospital on February 21.
The official lauded effortsand achievements by the local healthcare sector over the past year, especiallyin the COVID-19 prevention, control, and vaccination.
He asked the municipal anddistrict-level Party committees, administrations, and sectors to continueinvesting in all-level health care, which should be considered as an investmentin the people’s health for the sake of physically and mentally healthy peopleto contribute to national development and defence.
As the pandemic remainscomplex and unpredictable, Dung requested the health sector to closely follow centralagencies and the city’s guidelines on the pandemic combat so as to safely andflexibly adapt to and effectively control COVID-19, push ahead with the springvaccination campaign, keep other disease outbreaks under control, minimisedeaths in epidemics, and further improve the quality of medical examination andtreatment.
In response,Director of the municipal Health Department Tran Thi Nhi Ha and Director of theSaint Paul General Hospital Nguyen Duc Long pledged stronger efforts to fulfillall the assigned duties./.
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Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung (third from left) presents a gift to the Saint Paul General Hospital on February 21. (Photo: VNA) 
