Guidelines for medical examination and treatment for people who have recovered from COVID-19 in Vietnam

Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued Dispatch 2055/BYT-KCB dated April 22, 2022 on medical examination and treatment for people who have recovered from COVID-19 in Vietnam

Guidelines for medical examination and treatment for people who have recovered from COVID-19 in Vietnam (Artwork)

Accordingly, in order to effectively carry out medical examinations and treatment for people after contracting COVID-19 in the current period, the Ministry of Health directs medical examination and treatment facilities to:

+ Provide medical examination and treatment for adults and children who have been infected and recovered from COVID-19 in accordance with professional guidelines promulgated by the Ministry of Health such as the Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, which guides rehabilitation for COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals and mental health care; Guidelines on rehabilitation following COVID-19 infection, etc.

+ Provide medical examination and treatment for people experiencing symptoms or signs following COVID-19 infection (hereinafter referred to as “post COVID-19”) and provide general medical examination and treatment within professional departments of the establishments when patients exhibit symptoms appropriate to the professional departments; prevent excessive prescription.

+ Communication and advertisement affairs in medical examination and treatment and post COVID-19 examination must comply with Circular No. 09/2015/TT-BYT dated May 25, 2015 of Ministry of Health on confirmation of advertisement contents for special products, goods, and services under management of Ministry of Health.

+ Increase inspection and supervision of medical examination and treatment activities in professional departments.

Direct communication authorities and medical examination and treatment establishments to increase communication and increase awareness of the general public regarding post COVID-19 symptoms, signs, the time in which people should get medical examination and treatment in order to prevent confusion among the general public, avoid excessive prescription in medical examination and treatment establishments. Primary details to be communicated include:

+ Do not use medicine with unclear origin, or medicine which is not approved for market authorization, or folk medicine or unofficial information sources for treatment purposes.

 + General and field-specific medical examination and treatment establishments shall provide post COVID-19 medical examination and treatment within the licensed fields of operation.

In addition, the Ministry of Health assigned Department of Medical Service Administration, Inspectorate of Ministry of Health, Health Departments of provinces and cities, health authorities of ministries and central governments shall increase inspection and supervision of affiliated medical examination and treatment establishments and private medical establishments in terms of professional operation, information, and medical examination and treatment advertisement in order to promptly deal with difficulties, rectify, and take actions.

See details in Dispatch 2055/BYT-KCB dated April 22, 2022, Vietnam

Bao Ngoc

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