The scene of the press conference.Photo by He Jianming
“In the 70 years since the peaceful liberation of Tibet, the average life expectancy of Tibetans has increased from 35.5 years in 1951 to 71.1 years. The maternal and infant mortality rates have dropped from 5000/100,000 and 430‰ in 1951 to 48/100,000 and 7.6‰ respectively. The hospital delivery rate has increased to 96.6%. There are more than 400 “serious diseases” that do not leave the autonomous region, more than 2,000 “moderate diseases” do not leave the city, and most of the “small diseases” can be resolved in the county.” In September On the 2nd, at a press conference held by the Information Office of the People’s Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tan Xiangdong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Tibet Autonomous Region Health Commission, introduced.
Tan Xiangdong introduced that in the past 70 years, the number of medical and health institutions in Tibet has increased from 3 in the early peaceful liberation to 1,661, and the number of medical and health professionals has increased from less than 100 to more than 22,000. In 2020, the number of hospitals in Tibet will exceed 6.32 million and the number of hospitalizations. More than 310,000 people of all ethnic groups have realized their desire to see a doctor without leaving their hometown or soil. The vaccination rate of Tibet’s immunization program remains above 90%, and the vaccination coverage rate of new coronary pneumonia is among the best in the country.
In terms of maternal and child health work, Tibet has gradually expanded from a single service to cover the entire life cycle of women and children, and initially formed a “one-stop” service chain for pre-marital, pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, postpartum, and childhood. Common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases have been effectively prevented. More women and children enjoy high-quality maternal and child health services.
In order to inherit and develop Tibetan medicine, Tibet has established 6 prefecture-level Tibetan medicine medical institutions and 36 independent county-level Tibetan medicine institutions. The coverage rates of Tibetan medicine diagnosis and treatment in township hospitals and village clinics have reached 94.4% and 42.4%, respectively. 3.29 million patients were diagnosed and treated. There are more than 3,700 professional and technical personnel in Tibetan medicine.
In the work of poverty alleviation through health, Tibet provides standardized and concentrated treatment for poor patients suffering from 38 major diseases, basic treatment and family doctor contract management services for poor patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, and provides comprehensive protection for severely ill poor patients. Patients with major and serious diseases who are cured at one time, medical expenses continue to occur and have a large amount are provided with basic medical insurance, serious illness insurance and medical assistance, etc., and poverty-stricken households who return to poverty due to illness are filed and registered to achieve all dynamic resets.
Tan Xiangdong introduced that in 2015, the state organized and implemented the “group-style” of medical talents to aid Tibet, and 7 counterparts supported 65 hospitals in provinces and cities, and hospitals directly under the National Health Commission have selected 1,309 key doctors to help Tibet “1+7” hospitals All were created as “tertiary hospitals”. At the same time, medical talents “organized groups” to assist Tibet implemented measures such as “teams leading teams,” “experts leading backbones,” and “masters leading apprentices”, helped lead 588 medical teams, cultivated 2,186 local medical talents, and built 228 clinical and medical technical departments. indivual.
Tan Xiangdong stated that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, Tibet will focus on building three-level medical centers at district, prefecture (city) and county levels, speed up the construction of an information network covering all medical and health institutions, increase the training of medical talents, and promote the comprehensive reform of public hospitals. , Improve the social medical policy mechanism, further promote the “group” of medical talents to assist Tibet, strengthen the prevention and control of major diseases, consolidate the results of endemic disease prevention, and further improve the health management system and operating mechanism policy mechanism, and strive to provide all ethnic groups with a comprehensive , Full-cycle health services. (Economic Daily reporter He Jianming)
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