| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 130/2002/QD-TTg | Hanoi, October 04, 2002 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE NATIONAL POLICY ON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE 2002-2010 PERIOD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Law on Protection of the People’s Health of June 30, 1989;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 35/2001/QD-TTg of March 19, 2001 approving the strategy for protection and care of the people’s health in the 2001-2010 period;
At the proposal of the Minister of Health,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the national policy on medical equipment in the 2002-2010 period, including the following principal contents:
1. General objectives:
To adequately supply medical equipment to various levels as prescribed by the Ministry of Health. To step by step modernize equipment for medical establishments so as to raise the quality of protection and care of the people’s health. To strive to reach the level of the region’s advanced countries by 2010 in terms of technical standards of the medical equipment. To train the contingent of specialized technicians in order to exploit the use of, maintain, repair and expertise medical equipment. To develop the medical equipment industry with a view to gradually raising the proportion of home-made goods and proceeding to export them.
2. Specific objectives:
