The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the Hospitals under the Ministry of Health; Departments of Health of provinces and cities; Health ministries and branches on post-COVID-19 medical examination and treatment.
Avoid abuse of indications for post-COVID-19 medical examination and treatment
According to the Ministry of Health, in the context of the current COVID-19 epidemic, the number of people infected with COVID-19 has increased in all provinces and cities, in which some people show signs and symptoms. prolonged, affecting health or ability to work and have the need to go for a health check.
In order to effectively carry out medical examination and treatment for people after contracting COVID-19 (post-COVID-19) in the current period, the Ministry of Health directs, Directors of Health Departments of provinces, cities and Prime Minister Heads of units under the Ministry of Health and Health, ministries and branches seriously organize and implement a number of contents, specifically:
Medical examination and treatment facilities for patients (adults and children) when infected and after COVID-19 strictly follow the professional guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health.h, such as: Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, including guidelines for rehabilitation for COVID-19 patients after hospital discharge, mental health care; Guidelines for rehabilitation of acute respiratory infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)…
Medical examination and treatment for people with signs and symptoms after COVID-19) in particular and medical examination and treatment in general according to the scope of professional activities of the establishmentaccording to specialized fields when people have signs and symptoms belonging to specialties, avoid abuse of indications or inappropriate and unnecessary indications.
Carrying out communication and advertising work on medical examination, treatment and post-COVID-19 examination must comply with regulations Circular No. 09/2015/TT-BYT dated May 25, 2015 of the Ministry of Health providing for certification of advertising content for special products, goods and services under the management of the Ministry of Health. economic.
The Ministry of Health also requested to strengthen inspection and supervision of medical examination and treatment activities at specialized departments and rooms.
According to the Ministry of Health, there are 203 different symptoms of COVID-19, which can appear after COVID-19 has recovered, persist from the beginning, or recur. Photo: illustration
When should people go to the doctor after COVID-19?
Medical examination and treatment facilities should strengthen communication and raise awareness so that people can properly and fully understand the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, when people need to go for medical examination and treatment and perform medical examination and treatment. , provide appropriate medical treatment, avoid making people worry and panic excessively, and avoid abusing indications at medical examination and treatment facilities.
Some of the main contents that need to be communicated include:
– After contracting COVID-19, some people who are slow to recover from their health need to be monitored for their health.
Post-COVID-19 occurs in a person with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection whose symptoms appear during or after COVID-19 infection, persist for 12 weeks and cannot be explained by other diagnoses (according to the World Health Organization and NICE Institute – UK).
– Post-COVID symptoms are diverse: up to 203 different symptoms, can appear after COVID-19 has recovered, persist from the beginning, or recur over time. The most common symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, musculoskeletal pain, decrease or loss of taste or smell, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, cough, chest pain, etc.
– When the signs and symptoms of post-COVID-19 cause prolonged deterioration in people’s health, affecting their ability to return to work or participate in social life, people need to seek medical examination.
– General or specialized medical examination and treatment establishments that provide post-COVID-19 medical examination and treatment according to the scope of licensed professional activities.
– People do not use drugs of unknown origin, drugs that are not licensed for circulation, or oral remedies or according to unofficial sources to treat diseases.
– Some other communication contents must be based on recommendations, guidelines, and reliable domestic and international scientific evidence.
The Ministry of Health has assigned the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, the Inspectorate of the Ministry, the Departments of Health of the provinces and cities, and the Health of the Ministries and branches to strengthen the inspection and supervision of affiliated medical examination and treatment establishments and medical facilities. private healthcare services in the area about professional activities, information and advertising of medical examination and treatment to promptly solve difficulties and problems, rectify and handle violations if there are any violations.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health assigned the Medical Examination and Treatment Administration to coordinate with relevant departments and agencies, and experts to continue researching, updating and proposing to issue professional guidelines and deploying training to improve the quality of life. improve the quality of medical examination and treatment for patients.
Since the beginning of the epidemic until April 22, Vietnam has 10,544,324 cases of COVID-19, ranking 12th out of 227 countries and territories, while with the ratio of infections/1 million people, Vietnam ranks 104 out of 227 countries and territories (with an average of 106,600 infections for every 1 million people).
Up to now, the total number of people infected with COVID-19 who have recovered from the disease in our country is: 9,079,265 cases
In the past time, many people after contracting COVID-19 have experienced some health problems such as fatigue, prolonged cough, insomnia, hair loss, cardiovascular symptoms… and have gone to the doctor after COVID- 19. Some clinics and medical facilities have advertised and expanded post-COVID-19 examination with different service packages. Some localities have issued documents to correct the situation of voluntarily opening post-COVID-19 examination packages as well as the difference in medical examination prices…
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