The draft is being circulated by the Ministry of Health for public opinions.
According to the draft, a number of profitable medical services, including general and specialized hospitals and clinics, research institutes, centers for medical testing and diagnosis, and centers for expertizing food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, vaccines, biologicals and toxins, would be opened for private and other economic sectors in the coming time.
The Ministry of Health will permit the establishment of enterprises that produce and distribute medicines, medical instruments and vaccines… in the forms of private capital contribution, joint venture, foreign investment, BOT and BT. Particularly, the State will build medical establishments for lease at preferential rent rates.
Various economic sectors would be encouraged to provide a number of services for patients and their relatives in public hospitals and make investment in several specialized faculties in provincial-level hospitals.
With this draft, the Ministry of Health plans to reduce the number of State-owned medical establishments and prioritize investment in the most crucial fields and fields in which the private sector is unable to invest.