Accidents, mostly falls, traffic accidents, burns, and food poisoning, killed 107 children last year while the number of fatalities was 87 in 2006, HCMC Department of Health said at the meeting which was organized by the HCMC’s People’s Council, Department of Education and Training, and Department of Health.
Nguyen Tai Dung, a representative of the municipal Department of Education and Training, said nearly half of the students in 1,200 schools were full time students who needed more health care at school.
Dung said many doctors and nurses didn’t want to work at schools because of low pay rates.
Some took jobs at schools for a short time but then left for better paid work. Nguyen Van Minh, deputy head of the Culture and Society Committee of
HCMC’s People’s Council, said school health services in some districts were very poor.
He said in District 2, about 18 percent of schools have health workers and the rate is 22 percent in Binh Thanh District.
Minh also criticized the city’s Committee for Accident Control and Prevention for not having “active” programs.
Cai Phuc Thang, a representative of the municipal party unit said health, education, police, and transport sectors should also join the Health Department to run the Committee for Accident Control and Prevention.
Truong Dinh Khai, a doctor at the Pediatrics Hospital No.1, said first aid at schools could help save children’s lives.
Reported by Thanh Tung |
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