HCM City seeks to develop system to prevent accidents, injuries in communityVietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Health has instructed health divisions in districts to soon create a comprehensive system to prevent accidents and related injuries even as the city reported 45 people died in accidents last year. The HCM City Department of Health has instructed health divisions in districts to soon create a comprehensive system to prevent accidents and related injuries even as the city reported 45 people died in accidents last year.— Photo thanhnien.vnA total of 86,885 people had faced all kinds of accidents, according to the department which heads a programme for the prevention of injuries and accidents. Traffic accidents topped the list of accidents with 29,789 cases followed by falls with 28,802, and workplace accidents with 9,973. Speaking at a meeting to review the programme to prevent accidents in HCM City last week, Dr Nguyen Huu Hung, the department’s deputy head, ordered all hospitals and clinics in the city to work with media to publish the exact number of accidents as a warning to the public. The programme on prevention of accidents is part of a national community plan for prevention of accidents, which educates people in preventive methods, reports accidents, and is developing a prevention network.

Source: VietNamNet News March 12, 2018 05:37 UTC