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Vietnam: How many Functional Departments are there in a District-level Medical Center?

19:11, 30/10/2016

On October 25, 2016, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued Circular No. 37/2016/TT-BYT providing guidance on the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of Medical Centers of suburban, urban districts, provincial cities, and municipality-controlled cities.

According to Circular No. 37/2016/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, district-level Medical Centers are public medical service providers affiliated to Provincial Departments of Health, have legal status, separate head offices, seals and accounts opened at the State Treasuries and Banks as per the law.

- Each District-level Medical Center shall have the following Functional Departments:

+ Personnel & Administration Department;

+ Operational & Planning Department;

+ Department of Finance & Accounting;

+ Nursing Department.

- Director of Provincial Department of Health shall, within its competence, make decisions on the establishment, division or combination of functional departments of Medical Center of that district; stipulate specific duties of such functional departments in accordance with regulations in this Article and other departments (if any) in the manner so as to effectively assist the Director of Medical Center of that district in managing its activities.

View more details at Circular No. 37/2016/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from December 10, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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