Meeting held to vote for people’s and meritorious doctors of the military

This is the 14th meeting to select outstanding military doctors for the titles.

Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San, who is also Head of the Ministry of National Defense-level 14th council on reviewing and awarding the ‘People’s Doctor and Meritorious Doctor’ titles, chaired the event.

Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San addresses the conference.

At the meeting, Major General Nguyen Truong Giang, Director of the Department of Military Medicine under the General Department of Logistics, permanent member of the council and head of the secretariat of the council announced the decision signed by the defense minister of the establishment of the council. He also reported on the outcomes of reviewing dossiers for the titles.

An overview of the event

According to the report, 21 affiliated councils in the whole military submitted a list of 18 doctors for the ‘People’s Doctor’ title and 112 doctors for the ‘Meritorious Doctor’ title to the Ministry of National Defense-level council. After receiving the dossiers, the Secretariat studied and reviewed each case according to the Government’s Decree No.41/2015/ND-CP and other documents issued by the Ministries of Health and National Defense.

Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San concludes the conference.

On hearing the report, the council’s members, under the direction of General San, discussed, commented on each nominator and casted their ballots.

The council’s Secretariat will report the results of the vote to the council’s members, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense’s leaders before completing a dossier on awarding the ‘People’s Doctor’ and ‘Meritorious Doctor’ titles to outstanding military doctors to submit to the State-level council for approval.

Translated by Mai Huong