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Progress achieved in public health sys.
(BOCOG)
Updated: 2007-01-18 14:43
China's capital city has achieved significant progress in the construction of the public health system, and its capacity to respond to emergency cases has been strengthened, according to Beijing Municipal Health Bureau director Jin Dapeng.
He referred the progress to disease prevention and control, medical help and treatment, heath supervision and law enforcement and other areas, all of which are core elements of the public health system.
He told a press conference at the Beijing Olympic Media Center that at the moment, Beijing has a command center to treat emergency cases, with corresponding organizations set up at the district and county level, thus creating a platform to make decision and treat emergency cases.
In addition, Beijing has set up an expert advisory committee for the purpose and has made an inter-department and inter-region mechanism ready to prevent the prevalence of major epidemic diseases, in a joint effort with neighboring provinces and municipalities, he added.
The public health service telephone number 12320 has been put in use to give the public an opportunity to timely report emergency cases, transmit health policies, spread health information and knowledge, and answer inquiries about the health work, Jin said.
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