Suckhoedoisong.vn - Emphasize at the first term (2020-2025) Congress to establish the Vietnam Association of Intestinal and Gastrointestinal Nourishment, taking place on December 19 in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son It is assumed that severe patients need to be provided with adequate nutrition through catheters and veins, to increase immunity and prevent body wasting.
The Vietnam Association of Intestinal and Gastrointestinal Nourishment was born on the basis of essential needs of other medical practice. That is standing in front of serious cases, besides performing procedures, surgeries, giving drugs ... to ensure effective treatment, doctors, medical staff also have to face with how to nurture are given by the patient through an intravenous line or through the catheter into the digestive tract.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Truong Son - Deputy Minister of Health highly appreciated the enthusiasm and efforts of the members of the Committee for the establishment of the Vietnam Association of Intestinal and Gastrointestinal Nourishment (VietSPEN).
Speaking at the Congress to establish the Vietnam Association of Intestinal and Gastrointestinal Nourishment for the first term (2020-2025), Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Truong Son said that with the view that nutrition is an important part of the Treatment of patients, for many years, the Ministry of Health has issued mechanisms and policies on nutritional activities in hospitals.
Recently, the Ministry of Health has issued Circular No. 18/2020 / BYT-TT regulating nutritional activities in hospitals. On the basis of that policy, hospital leaders have paid more attention and invested in clinical nutrition activities.
"Patients are provided with nutrition suitable for their pathology and nutritional status, as well as the hospital has implemented nutrition counseling and communication activities" - Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son emphasized.
Ms. Thang Thi Hanh- Director of the Department of Non-Governmental Organizations, Ministry of Home Affairs awarded the decision to allow the establishment of Vietnam Association for the maintenance of intravenous and digestive tract
However, Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son also frankly said that the clinical nutrition network is really thin, unable to meet the high demand for medical examination and treatment, nutritional counseling for inpatients and outpatients. . At the same time, the practice shows that the clinical nutrition of the treating doctors is not yet sufficient, which clearly affects the quality of treatment for patients.
Especially during this period, the whole health sector and the entire population are making efforts to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic, well control the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as strengthen effective treatment for patients infected with COVID-19 from Mild to severe, clinical nutrition is very important to boost immunity, to help prevent COVID-19 infection.
According to the Deputy Minister of Health: Providing proper nutrition through the gastrointestinal tract, intravenously for patients with mild or severe COVID-19 infection helps patients recover quickly, and reduce complications related to malnutrition and failure. general nutrition and quality improvement.
"Practice in the treatment and care of patients with severe COVID-19 in our country over the past time has proven that" - Assoc.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Truong Son emphasized.
The Presidium runs the Congress
Appreciating the enthusiasm and efforts of the members of the Campaign Board to establish the Vietnam Association of Intestinal and Gastrointestinal Nourishment (VietSPEN), Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son said that the establishment and operation of VietSPEN Association In the coming time, the field of gastrointestinal and intravenous nutrition for patients will be of paramount importance in the professional clinical nutrition for health workers, develop clinical nutrition, and improve high quality of medical examination and treatment.
The Deputy Minister of Health also suggested that in the coming time, the Vietnam Association of Nourishing the Intestinal and Gastrointestinal tract must be a good scientific environment, a place to learn, exchange expertise and experience to improve professionalism. expertise in clinical nutrition, gastrointestinal and intravenous nutrition for professionals, scientific staff, and organizational units related to the nutrition industry.
At the same time, provide scientific advice, advise, propose, and recommend to competent state agencies and coordinate to develop processes and instructions in diagnosis and nutritional intervention for patients.
“With the establishment of the Association, it will be the unit that can gather, disseminate, propagate, train and train colleagues not only at higher levels but also at lower level hospitals. Then we can fully believe that the intravenous and gastrointestinal feeding in the lower level hospitals will be done ”- Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son said.
Dr. Luu Ngan Tam, Head of Nutrition Department, Cho Ray Hospital holds the position of VietSPEN President.
The Congress elected the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Association for the nourishment of the venous and gastrointestinal tract for the first term (2020-2025) including 17 members. Dr. Luu Ngan Tam, Head of Nutrition Department, Cho Ray Hospital holds the position of President of the Association.
At the meeting, Dr. Luu Ngan Tam expressed: Members of the Association will together unite, share and learn to promote the competencies of the specialty of clinical nutrition in particular and nutrition in general.
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