Like insured patients, public hospitals in HCM City, which do not receive the city's fund for regular expenditures any more, will increase fees for non-insured patients by 30 per cent from August . —VNS Photo Gia Lộc Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Public hospitals in HCM City which do not receive city funds for regular expenditures will increase fees for non-insured patients by 30 per cent from August 1, according to the city's Department of Health. Public hospitals which receive some city funds for regular expenditures or are fully funded by the city with the State Budget also plan to increase fees, beginning in October 1. The department said the increases had been approved by the city's People's Council. HCM City is one of the last provinces and cities in the country to increase hospital fees under the Ministry of Health's guidance released in March. The increased fees are mostly for health examinations and beds, according to Đinh Thị Liễu, head of finance and accounting division at the health department. The fees for health examinations, for instance, will increase to VNĐ29,000 (US$1.7) – VNĐ39,000 from VNĐ,7000-VNĐ20,000, depending on the kind of public hospital. Public hospitals are divided into four… Read full this story
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