Recently, a news about the debt of public hospitals has aroused widespread concern in the society. According to the data, since 2009, the total debt of China's public hospitals has increased by more than one trillion yuan, and the guidance jointly issued by the four national ministries and commissions clearly proposes to strictly prohibit public hospitals from borrowing for construction and over-standard decoration. The introduction of this policy has undoubtedly brought new challenges to the construction and development of public hospitals. So, in the face of this grim situation, how should we view and respond?
As an important part of China's medical and health service system, public hospitals carry the important mission of ensuring the health of the people. However, with the development of the economy and the aging of the population, public hospitals are facing increasing pressure, and the contradiction between supply and demand of medical resources is becoming increasingly prominent. In order to alleviate this contradiction, many public hospitals have chosen to borrow to expand their scale and improve their service levels. However, while this practice brings short-term benefits, it also imposes a heavy financial burden on hospitals.
The state has introduced a new policy to strictly prohibit public hospitals from borrowing for construction and over-standard decoration, which is out of consideration for the rational allocation of medical resources, and attaches great importance to the quality of medical services. However, while borrowing for large medical equipment is strictly prohibited, we should not come at the expense of a decline in the quality of medical services. How to balance the relationship between hospital development and medical service quality has become a difficult problem in front of us.
In this regard, experts pointed out that the construction and development of public hospitals should not only rely on borrowing to achieve, but should pay attention to the construction of connotation and improve the level of medical technology and services. At the same time, we should increase investment in public hospitals, improve the medical security system, and improve the diagnosis and treatment level of doctors and the efficiency of medical equipment. In addition, social capital should also be encouraged to enter the medical field and form a diversified medical pattern to meet the multi-level medical needs of the people.
In short, the solution to the debt problem of public hospitals requires the joint efforts of the hospital, the hospital and all sectors of society. While strengthening supervision and regulation, we should pay more attention to the improvement of the quality of medical services and the health and well-being of the people. Only in this way can public hospitals truly become the guardians of the health interests of the people.