HCM City eyes ambitious healthcare targetsThe HCM City health sector is focused on increasing the number of doctors and hospital beds per 10,000 population to 18 and 42 this year, a health official said, from last year’s figure of 17 doctors and 40 beds. The HCM City Paediatrics Hospital in Binh Chanh District. Tang Chi Thuong, deputy director of the Department of Health, also said the city plans to have 85.2 per cent of the population covered by health insurance this year. More than 95 per cent of children under one would get vaccinated, he told a conference on the health sector’s targets held on Tuesday. Last year medical facilities in the city handled more than 42 million patients, according to a report released by the Department of Health.

Source: VietNamNet News March 09, 2018 07:18 UTC