idsMED Vietnam: Can your share the current difficulties of the Vietnam Emergency and Poison Resuscitation?
Dr. Nguyen Gia Binh: There are many difficulties that we are facing every day. Here, I just mentioned 2 typical ones. The first is the shortage of human resource & the quality of staff. Currently, the number of doctors and nurses on the department is not enough to handle the overloaded number of patients. This situation leads to insufficient and not-timely response to patients’ needs, and increases the risk of high infection in hospitals. The quality of training is not yet consistent, many health workers are still having trouble in using new equipment and techniques.
The second is inadequate working environment. Conditions in the intensive care rooms are not up to the world standard because of the lack of health systems and the unsecured quality of water resources.
idsMED Vietnam: In your opinion, which word is the best to describe your career?
Dr. Nguyen Gia Binh: Every profession is noble and important. However, those working in the emergency resuscitation department must be dedicated people. they must be very enthusiastic to keep up with the overloaded work, especially more and more complicated cases along with the explosion of infectious diseases. Doctors must focus on helping patients, sometimes dealing with medical incidents because work related to human life requires deep expertise, high concentration and carefulness. All cause stress, fatigue, directly affecting the health of the doctors.
Wage policy is also a huge issue that directly affects the number of doctors and the quality of the industry. In the US, about 40% of the bill will be spent on doctors and nurses. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, the health sector is only calculating expenses such as electricity, water, chemicals, testing... Most hospital bills do not include patient care. Doctors spend a lot of time and effort on the job but what they get is not worth it. I assert that if they had no heart for the patients, they would have left a long time ago.
idsMED Vietnam: So to stay with the career, besides the enthusiasm, what qualities are required for a person working in Emergency and Poison Resuscitation?
Dr. Nguyen Gia Binh: Every career needs hard work and honesty. Especially in the field of medical, the progressive and continuous learning is a very important factor. Every day I have to study, anytime, anywhere. I learn from the sick people or my colleagues, especially when attending seminars or medical forums. In the context that artificial intelligence and automation are gradually replacing people in many fields, that will not happen in this area because medicine is not an exact science. Although the technology has been and will be a great contribution to the treatment, you can invest hundreds of billions of dong to have a robot to support the surgery, but if it fails, who will stand out? So equipment can’t replace doctors. At the same time, not all hospitals have enough capital to invest in shopping. Therefore, the requirement here is not only continuous research, people also have to spend more effort, time and money.
idsMED Vietnam: What do you want to say to your colleagues?
Dr. Nguyen Gia Binh: For colleagues who are still able to stay in the department, I truly appreciate them. Uncle Ho once said "Literates teach illiterates", so we try to unite, help each other and always keep in mind that we should put our professional ethics on top. We organize information seminars, training courses to improve our level and bring life to patients.
idsMED Vietnam: Thank you!
