Multi-department: By 2025, the ratio of setting up geriatric medicine departments in general hospitals at level II and above will reach more than 60%_ Securities Times Network

According to Xinhua News Agency’s news on the 18th, the National Health and Health Commission, the National Aging Office, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly issued the “Notice on Comprehensively Strengthening Health Services for the Elderly”. The notice proposes to strengthen the construction of geriatric medicine departments in general hospitals. By 2025, the proportion of geriatric medicine departments in general hospitals at level two and above will reach more than 60%.

The notice requires that the early screening, intervention and classification guidance of key chronic diseases of the elderly should be strengthened, and the early screening and health guidance of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease should be actively carried out, and the public’s knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease prevention and treatment should be improved. Awareness rate.