National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a gathering held at the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi on February 27 in celebration of the 68th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (L) meets with health workers of the 108 Military Central Hospital on February 27. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National AssemblyChairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a gathering held at the 108 Military Central Hospitalin Hanoi on February 27 in celebration of the 68th VietnameseDoctors’ Day (February 27).
Addressing the event, Chairman Hue describedthe job of health workers as one of the few with high requirements for bothmorality and specialised capacity, adding it is a particularly noble jobhonoured by the Party, State, and people.
He highlighted Vietnam’s proudhealthcare achievements, including the considerably improved stature of theVietnamese people, the average life expectancy higher than the global averageand that in many countries with the same income level, the medical servicecoverage larger than the Southeast Asian and global averages, the successful productionof most vaccines used in the expanded vaccination programme, the successfulapplication of many new techniques and high technologies, and especially the containmentof the COVID-19 pandemic over the last three years.
He also highly valued the activeness,creativity, and dedication by the staff of the 108 Military Central Hospital tocaring for not only senior officials of the Party, State, and army but also forthe poor and residents in border and maritime areas.
Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and officials visit a patient under treatment at the 108 Military Central Hospital on February 27. (Photo: VNA)
The hospital is currently one of thebiggest centres for tissue and organ transplantation in Vietnam.
Setting several tasks for thehospital, the top legislator affirmed that ministries, central agencies, Partycommittees, administrations, and the entire political system will continuestanding side by side with the health sector by quickly overhauling policiesand laws and tackling obstacles and difficulties, thus creating the bestpossible conditions for public health care and fundamental and breakthroughimprovements to the sector to be made.
On this occasion, the NA Chairmanvisited and offered encouragement to health workers and patients at departmentsof the hospital.
Sixty-eight years ago, on February27, 1955, then President Ho Chi Minh delivered a letter to a conference ofmedical workers, asking the sector to stay united, sincerely care for patients,and develop the country’s health sector. Since then, the date February 27 hasbecome the sector’s traditional day./.
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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (L) meets with health workers of the 108 Military Central Hospital on February 27. (Photo: VNA) 
Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and officials visit a patient under treatment at the 108 Military Central Hospital on February 27. (Photo: VNA) 
