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VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is aiming to modernise the traditional medicine sectors, according to representatives at a conference.
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Staff at the Hopsital of Traditional
Medicine in northern Phu Tho Province prepare prescriptions. The traditional
medicine sector will be modernised by 2020. (Photo: VNS)
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The Government drafted a plan that aims to modernise traditional medicine by 2020. The decree was issued in November last year under the Prime Minister's Decision 2166/QD-TTg. According to the plan, hospitals that offer traditional alternatives to patients will receive new equipment in 2015.
Hospitals that practise traditional medicine, which also use advanced bio-medical technology, are able to treat their patients more efficiently.
Last year, the Ministry of Health submitted seven projects for approval, including building and upgrading hospitals that practise traditional medicine, giving equipment to hospitals and setting up management offices.
According to statistics provided by the Ministry of Health, about 30 per cent of patients nationwide receive treatment from traditional practitioners.
More than 70 per cent of patients that are treated by traditional practitioners recover from their illnesses.
Traditional medicine has been known to effectively treat rheumatism, digestive diseases, respiratory diseases, and gynaecological and paediatrics diseases.
However, training for traditional practitioners is limited, and the country does not have specific projects that could be used to develop gardens that grow medicinal herbs. Drugs are often produced in households and are of limited quality.
About 90 per cent of the country's hospitals house a traditional medicine ward, and more than 70 per cent of wards' medical stations have medicinal herb gardens, said Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu.
VietNamNet/Viet Nam News
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