Government Center, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health Revealing the PM 2.5 dust situation, increasing the risk of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma exacerbating in 2023. Patients will increase from 18,000 to more than 20,000, moving forward with “quality clinics” to provide proactive health services in medical facilities. Primary level Reduce the risk of severe relapses requiring entry to the emergency room or hospital stay.
Dr. Surachoke Tangwiwat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health Chaired the opening conference on health policy management, emphasizing the value of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. and special lectures ‘Challenges of health service system development policy To respond to the people in the respiratory system in 2024’ with Dr. Surachai Chokkhanchitchai, Chairman of the Health Service System Development Committee (Service Plan), Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Branch. Health Service System Development
Committee (Service Plan) in the field of chronic non-communicable diseases and the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Both at the central and health district levels and representatives from NHSO attended the event.
Dr. Surachoke said that from data from the Health Data Center (HDC), Ministry of Public Health. November 2023 found that the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease situation has greatly increased patients. From 2020 – 2022, there were approximately 18,000 patients, but in 2023, more than 20,000 patients were found. Part of the reason is from the dust problem situation. PM2.5 that results in sickness rates acute exacerbation rate Hospital admissions and deaths from respiratory diseases are on the rise. From the assessment of the PM2.5 dust situation, it is expected that at the beginning of this year The situation will remain at a worrying level. Because it’s still winter. Including the problem of cross-border smog. and burning of agricultural land
Dr. Surachoke added that the Ministry o
f Public Health therefore supports development. ‘Quality Clinic’ that provides health services with an emphasis on value (Value-based Healthcare), which is a medical service model that focuses on providing patients with good service. Create the highest value in medical care by expanding services to the primary level To be able to proactively care for patients with respiratory diseases widely. Along with continuous development of service quality, in addition, in the past, we also received pulmonary function testing equipment (Peak Flow Meter) from the Easy Asthma and COPD Clinic (EACC) network. ) which has been delivered to more than 900 hospitals under the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health throughout the country. For use in screening and evaluating initial symptoms in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Helps reduce the chance of having a severe attack that requires going to the emergency room or having to stay in the hospital.
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