The hospital has not been able to fix problems with repairing damaged equipment

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health assessed that three problems with equipment procurement had been resolved, while hospital leaders said that there were still difficulties such as not determining prices or repairing broken machinery.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, recently issued Decree 07 and Resolution 30 have removed many bottlenecks in purchasing equipment for public medical facilities in the city. However, there are still many problems that have not been guided to remove, so hospitals are confused when implementing.

According to Ms. Dinh Thi Lieu, an expert from the Department of Health, Decree 07 and Resolution 30 only provide guidance on equipment, but non-consulting packages such as repair, maintenance, warranty... are not mentioned. arrive. Therefore, units do not know how to repair large machinery and equipment packages.

This is also what many hospital leaders in Ho Chi Minh City mentioned during the training session on the content of Resolution 30, on March 6. Dr. Dr. Phan Van Bau, Director of People's Hospital 115, said that the new regulations have not yet removed the difficulties in repairing damaged medical equipment. Because repairs must be included in the five-year medium-term plan, a report proposing investment policies must be submitted to competent authorities through the City People's Council according to the order of the Public Investment Law and Decree 40.

"The issue of the order for repairing these devices still needs to be reconsidered or not," Mr. Bau said, adding that the new regulations remove difficulties when there are not enough three quotes but there is no competent authority. preside over, supervise and promulgate price regulations. "Does the supplying company quote a price that is close to the imported price? Does it quote a price that they import directly from abroad? How do we get a quote so that the hospital will not be blamed for the imported price later? How much profit does a foreign company have?", Mr. Bau asked a series of questions and said that there should be specific regulations in this issue.

Sharing the same opinion, doctor Chau Van Dinh, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Orthopedics Hospital, said that machine repair must still comply with Circular 68, Decree 14, 15 and the Bidding Law, requiring coordination. There are many parties, so it will be difficult in the long run.

Similarly, Mr. Dinh said there needs to be an agency to preside over determining prices to protect those doing procurement and bidding work. What makes hospital leaders very apprehensive are the issues of price and future inspection and inspection by the Government Inspectorate. "Later, inspectors and auditors all focused on the import price and asked why it was so expensive, and whether it was traded around, but the hospital could not know those things," Mr. Dinh shared.

This opinion is shared by Dr. Dr. Vu Tri Thanh, Deputy Executive Director of Thu Duc City Hospital, agreed: "Having to check, inspect, and settle accounts in the future will be very difficult for the hospital." He is worried that the supplier only lists the price of the machine, not the components, so it is difficult to know exactly what the actual import price and the price reported by the companies are.

Regarding the common concerns of most hospital leaders, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong suggested that if necessary, the Department should send a written request to the Ministry of Health. Ms. Lieu suggested that hospitals must be flexible in purchasing chemicals for testing machines, avoiding situations where they have to send test samples out or cannot perform them.