Ceremony honours medical workers on Vietnamese Physicians’ Day

A ceremony was held in Da Nang on Tuesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Physicians’ Day (February 27) and honour outstanding medical workers with the “Shining White Blouse” Award 2024.

Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang. Photo: LE HUNG

In his remarks at the ceremony, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang sent his best wishes to civil servants, public employees, and medical workers in the city’s health sector. He hoped that generations of doctors, nurses, medical staff, and workers in the city’s health sector will make more efforts to overcome many difficulties and devote all their efforts to the noble mission of “preventing, treating and saving people”.

He highly lauded the city’s health sector for its important achievements in caring for, protecting and improving people’s health, thereby affirming its role and position as a specialized healthcare centre and a nucleus of the region and the whole country. The city’s medical services and infrastructure meet international standards, gradually meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of local people.

Up to now, the city has a fairly complete health system with many specialties and modern techniques, meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of both locals and people in the central region. Many health indicators of the city are at a high level compared to the whole country.

The city’s health sector has synchronously deployed many solutions to improve the quality of healthcare services for people. Thanks to that, the health indicators of the city’s people have been significantly improved. The average life expectancy of Da Nang people in 2024 reached 76.3 years old, higher than the national average.

In particular, Da Nang was one of the localities most heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the great determination and solidarity of the entire political system, doctors, nurses and medical staff of the city’s health sector have strived to overcome all difficulties, hardships and losses to control the pandemic, significantly contributing to protecting people’s health and stabilising the city’s socio-economic development.

Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang (second, right) and Standing Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Dinh Vinh (first, right) presented flowers to congratulate the city’s health sector on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Physicians’ Day. Photo: LE HUNG

“Looking back on the past, we have the right to be proud of the achievements that the city’s health sector has achieved. We are proud of medical staff of the city’s health sector who are not only doctors who treat patients, but also “silent white blouse soldiers” on the front line to protect, care for, and improve people’s health” Secretary Quang emphasised.

The city Party chief also took the opportunity to request the city’s health sector to uphold its glorious tradition, and constantly improve its professional qualifications, management capacity, and operation at grassroots level in the coming time.

He stated that medical workers must constantly study and improve their professional qualifications, and medical skills and ethics, thereby, arousing and spreading a positive spirit and responsibility, and creating new motivation to contribute to the development of the city.

Authorised by the State President, Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang (middle) presented the Friendship Medal to Ms. Virginia Mary Lockett (first, right) and the Third Class Labor Medal to Mr. Tran Nguyen Ngoc (first, left). Photo: LE HUNG

He also urged the Department of Health to closely follow the city’s policies and orientations to continue perfecting the health network, and improving the quality of disease prevention, medical examination and treatment services, especially specialised healthcare, high-quality medical services and a model combining tourism with medical examination and treatment. Importance should be attached to having a mechanism to attract domestic and foreign resources to invest in specialised and high-quality health care.

Mr. Quang also stressed the necessity for the Department to strengthen the system of preventive and primary healthcare services; develop community health; and professionalize out-of-hospital emergency activities; and increase investment in the health care infrastructure system in a modern, synchronous and specialized manner. The purpose is to ensure that all people are protected and provided with comprehensive healthcare services.

Efforts should be made to gradually develop a smart disease prevention system, as well as assist people with easily accessing medical information to use highly effective medical services and improve their health continuously and throughout their lives, contributing to building a smart medical city, he noted.

Authorised by the State President, Standing Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Dinh Vinh (middle) awarded the title “Meritorious Doctor” to the individuals. Photo: LE HUNG

“The health sector must take the lead in digital transformation, increase the application of information technology and artificial intelligence in medical examination and treatment facilities and in health management. This will greatly contribute to boost administrative reform, reduce hospital overload, promote online public services throughout the process, and build a smart health management system” Secretary Quang suggested.

At the same time, the municipal Department of Health was required to research and propose preferential mechanisms and policies to attract highly qualified doctors, and innovate training and technology transfer activities.

“The use of medical human resources requires building links and coordination between hospitals inside and outside the city to ensure adequate human resources for disease prevention, medical examination, and treatment for people,” the City Party Secretary noted.

Authorised by the Prime Minister, Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Council Ngo Xuan Thang (5th, right) and Chairman of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee of the city Le Van Trung (4th, left) presented Certificates of Merit to outstanding individuals. Photo: LE HUNG

On the occasion, Ms. Virginia Mary Lockett, President of Steady Footsteps Organisation (USA), volunteer – Physical Therapy – Rehabilitation specialist, was presented with Friendship Medal from the State President. The Third Class Labor Medal of the State President was given to Mr. Tran Nguyen Ngoc, Director of the Da Nang Mental Hospital. Three individuals were honoured with the title “Meritorious Doctor”.

Also, 8 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister; whilst 4 others were awarded the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award from the Minister of Health. Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee awarded the “Shining White Blouse” Award in 2024 to 20 outstanding medical workers.

Authorised by the Minister of Health, Head of the Da Nang Party Committee’s Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission Tran Thang Loi (3rd, left) and Head of the municipal Party Committee’s Inspection Commission Le Thi My Hanh (3rd, right) presented the ‘Hai Thuong Lan Ong’ Award to individuals. Photo: LE HUNG

Vice Chairwoman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Anh Thi (5th, right) and Director of the municipal Department of Health Tran Thanh Thuy (5th, left) presented certificates, logos and flowers to individuals who won the “Shining White Blouse” Award in 2024. Photo: LE HUNG

Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Council Doan Ngoc Hung Anh (4th, right) and Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Anh Thi (4th, left) presented gifts to People’s Doctors. Photo: LE HUNG

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