基本医疗卫生制度将作为公共产品向全民提供
《中共中央国务院关于深化医药卫生体制改革的意见》(以下简称《意见》)和《国务院关于医药卫生体制改革近期重点实施方案(2009-2011年)》(以下简称《实施方案》)近日已相继公开发布。
党中央、国务院高度重视医改文件制定工作。两年多来，党中央、国务院领导同志作出了一系列重要指示，直接听取各方面意见，专题研究重点难点问题，指明了改革的方向，解决了制定过程中的重大问题，确保了文件的顺利出台。
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China Unveils Action Plan for Universal Access to Basic Health Care
Anchor: China has unveiled a major reform plan, aiming to provide every citizen with equitable and universal access to essential health care. Authorities will work in fields such as improving primary health care facilities and training more medical personnel.
Zheng Chenguang has more:
The blueprint from the State Council, or Cabinet, details tasks and goals relating to health care reform for the period from 2009 to 2011.
The government has promised an investment plan of 850 billion yuan, nearly 120 billion U.S dollars, for the reforms.
Besides speeding up the construction of medical services, China will also train more medical professionals to meet rising health care needs.
Chen Zhu is China's Health Minister.
"We should give priority to improving primary health care facilities especially in rural areas and communities. So we will enhance grassroots level training at hospitals. We will also encourage more medical personnel to head for villages and provide better medial services to the locals."
Under the action plan, China will build 2,000 county hospitals and 5,000 township clinics in the next three years to extend medical services and make them more affordable.
The Health Minister also says hospitals will improve their information record systems to provide better and more efficient services.
"We will utilise the latest technology to provide electronic medical records for each patient. We will also establish an information platform, through which hospitals of the same level can share patients' medical records. This way, we can save medical resources and avoid overlapping tests."
According to the action plan, the health care insurance subsidy offered by the government for each unemployed urban resident and rural farmer will rise by 50 percent to 120 yuan as of next year.
Zheng Chenguang, CRI news.
WHO Calls for Earthquake Proof HospitalsThe World Health Organization is calling on nations to make their hospitals disaster proof.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the appeal in Beijing when addressing the opening ceremony of a World Health Day meeting.
She underscored the need to improve construction of hospitals so they can withstand emergencies like devastating earthquakes.
"The tragedy of major emergency or disasters is compounded when health facilities fail. When a hospital collapses or its functions are disrupted, lives that depend on emergency care can be lost."
The theme of the meeting is "Save Lives, Make hospitals safe in emergencies".
Chan also offered her condolences to the victims of the earthquake in Italy.
Parts of L'Aquila's main hospital were evacuated due to the risk of collapse, and only two operating rooms were in use.
