Commentaries on the law of traditional Chinese medicine (12)

Time: 2017-05-10

Source: China's traditional Chinese medicine

Article 12 the government general hospital, maternal and child health care institutions and conditional hospitals, community health service center, in towns and townships, shall establish the department of traditional Chinese medicine.

People's governments at or above the county level shall take measures to enhance the community health service stations and the ability of village clinics to provide services of traditional Chinese medicine.

【 definition 】 this article is about the establishment of medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine department, enhance service ability of traditional Chinese medicine.

TCM is a unique health resources in our country, are the significant characteristics of medicine and health care career with Chinese characteristics and a huge advantage, its clinical efficacy, prevention health care function is unique, flexible treatment, cost is relatively low, is popular among the people.

Only adhere to pay equal attention to policy, Chinese and western medicine in TCM medical service resources configuration, improve the medical service system of traditional Chinese medicine, enhance the service ability of Chinese medicine, in order to give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine and role, and meet the needs of the masses of Chinese medicine service.The strategic plan for development of Chinese medicine (2016-2030), \"the general hospital, maternal and child health care institutions, rural hospitals and community health service center set up department of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine service capacity requirements are put forward.Therefore, this article for medical institutions should be how to set up the department of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine service capability for the rules.

The provisions of this general hospital, maternal and child health care institutions, hospitals, community health service centers, community health service stations and village clinics in towns and townships and belong to the scope of medical institutions.

General hospital is the hospital departments set up comparatively complete, usually with major, such as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics department, can meet all kinds of common diseases diagnosis and treatment.According to the national health service system planning outline (2015-2020) \", in the region of the county, in principle, set up a government at the county level comprehensive hospital.

Specialized subject hospital is with one professional characteristics, specializing in one type of disease diagnosis and treatment of the hospital, such as orthopaedic hospital, maternity hospital, etc.

Maternal and child health care institutions is to protect women's and children's health, improve the birth population quality, organized by the government, public welfare institutions, with characteristics of public health is to provide public health and basic medical service for women and children of the professional institutions, provincial, city (ground), county), commonly referred to as health care of women and children, ().Community health service centers is held by government, set up in the city streets, community residents as the service object, to provide basic public health services and community medical establishment of basic medical services, namely the community hospital.

In towns and townships is held by government, set up in the villages and towns, rural residents as the service object, to provide basic public health services and basic medical service of medical institutions.Rural hospitals and community health service center belong to basic medical and health institutions, is responsible for providing basic public health services, as well as the common disease, frequently-occurring disease diagnosis and treatment, nursing, rehabilitation, such as integrated services, and authorized by the health administrative department at the county level, take on the public health management of jurisdiction, responsible for comprehensive management of village clinics and community health service stations, technical guidance and training of the rural doctors.

Community health service station is a branch of community health service centers, a community health center, there are a number of community health service stations, provide more convenient, more close to the community service.

Village clinics administrative villages in the establishment of medical institutions at the grassroots level is the foundation of the rural medical and health service system, in principle, an administrative villages set a village clinics.Village clinics, community health service stations in rural hospitals and community health service center, under the guidance of the unified management and undertake administrative villages, residents' committees within the scope of people's basic public health services and general common disease, frequently-occurring disease diagnosis and treatment of primary, rehabilitation, etc.

According to the provisions of paragraph 1, the government at the general hospital, maternal and child health care institutions and conditional hospitals, community health service center, in towns and townships, shall establish the department of traditional Chinese medicine.

Here need to pay attention to two points: one is the only general hospital medical institutions such as government, the public medical institution shall establish a department of traditional Chinese medicine, of medical institutions run by social forces can be set up according to oneself circumstance to decide whether to department of Chinese medicine.2 it is conditional hospitals, community health service center, in towns and townships should also set up department of traditional Chinese medicine.Whether it is \"conditional\" shall, in accordance with the relevant regulations of the state.

According to the regulation of the second paragraph of this article, the people's governments at or above the county level shall take measures to strengthen the community health service stations and the ability of village clinics to provide services of traditional Chinese medicine.

Community health service stations and village clinics as the most basic medical and health institutions, although not necessarily set up the department of traditional Chinese medicine, but also should have and enhance its ability to provide services of traditional Chinese medicine.In paragraph 2 of article 16 of regulations, community health service stations and conditional village clinics shall reasonably equipped with professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine, and use and promotion of appropriate technology and methods of traditional Chinese medicine.

(from the TCM commentaries on the law of the People's Republic of China, Chinese democratic legal system press)