For nearly 10 years pursuing the career of "growing people", Dr. Hoang Ha, vice president of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy (CMP), Duy Tan University, always has many new initiatives in training and helping medical students. confidently undertake practical work with good qualifications

A pioneer in malaria control in the village

Graduated from the Department of Internal Medicine at Hue Medical University, the young doctor Hoang Ha at that time returned to work at the Army Medical Corps, Army Corps, 15th Army, Military Region V. Immediately after being discharged from the army (around October-October-October. 1989), Doctor Ha returned to work at the Malaria Station in Quang Tri province as deputy head of the station, and then took the position of head of the Malaria Station.

In the years 1990 - 1992, in the Vietnam - Laos border area of ​​Quang Tri province, the malaria situation was extremely complicated. The number of patients who died was very high. Dr. Ha, together with the leadership and staff of the Malaria Station, launched an initiative to find volunteers for malaria control in this area. The subjects of "volunteers" at that time were mostly ethnic minorities in the mountains of Pako and Van Kieu, whose educational level was only 2nd and 3rd grade.

Some practitioners are still not fluent in listening, writing and speaking Kinh, making it more or less limited to receive information and then propagate and guide people to prevent and control malaria. Facing that situation, Dr. Ha opened the first classes called "Villains for malaria prevention volunteers", to both teach Kinh language and guide how to prevent malaria for local residents. ethnic volunteers. These volunteer practitioners later became the core of the village health service of the Ministry of Health.

During the volunteer training process, there is a memory that makes Dr. Ha unforgettable: "It was during a training session directly for village health workers in A Bung commune, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province. Suddenly, there was a patient with severe malaria who fell into a coma at the village but could not be taken to the hospital.

It is known that the magician who was invited to worship gave up. Therefore, the mountainous ethnic people from here trust the medical staff even more. As for the trainees, when they witnessed and practiced with this patient's case, they gained experience with years of clinical practice."

To spread this model, Dr. Hoang Ha wrote an article on "Building and strengthening a network of volunteers working on malaria prevention in the village". The article was immediately published in the Journal No. 4-1994 of the Quy Nhon Sub-Institute of Malaria - Parasites - Insects (now the Quy Nhon Institute of Malaria - Parasites - Insects).

This is considered the first article on the construction and operation of the Village Health Network in Vietnam and is the main reference for a master's thesis in Belgium by the former head of the Institute - signed insects - insects Ho Chi Minh City. Soon after, in 1995, the Ministry of Health started training and established the National Village Health Network.

From 1999 - 2013, when the Malaria Station joined the Preventive Medicine Center of Quang Tri province, Dr. Ha continued to be assigned the position of deputy director of the center.

With significant contributions to the health sector of Quang Tri province in particular and the health sector of the country in general, Doctor Hoang Ha was conferred the title of Excellent Doctor by the President in 2009, and awarded the certificate of merit. Awarded by the Prime Minister for "Achievements in protecting and taking care of people's health" in addition to many certificates of merit from the Ministry of Health, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province for achievements in protecting and taking care of people's health. people's health for many years from 1990 to 2013.

Doctor Hoang Ha was also the Provincial Emulation Fighter from 2006 to 2010, the Grassroots Emulation Fighter for 20 consecutive years.

Medical training is not limited in time and content to be learned

After obtaining a doctorate in public health in 2014, with a passion to impart knowledge to young people, contributing to the training of generations of qualified and ethical doctors, Dr. intends to switch to being a teacher to teach directly in the classroom. In 2017, Doctor Ha returned to work at Duy Tan University.

During this time, along with teaching at the school, Dr. Ha continued her passion for scientific research in previous years. He and his colleagues from Japan, Laos, and the Vietnam - Netherlands Health Committee studied the malaria situation in the border area of ​​Vietnam and Laos. His research team discovered a new species of malaria parasite first in Vietnam and the fifth in the world. Two international articles on this subject have been published.

When attending the Conference on Clinical Biomedical Applications in Ho Chi Minh City, Dr. Ha was awarded the second prize with the topic "Plasmodium knowlesi infection from monkeys to humans in the Vietnam - Laos border area". Especially when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, with the policy of the Ministry of Health and the consent of Duy Tan University, Dr. Ha and 4 other lecturers opened 3 training courses on vaccination against COVID-19 vaccine. online for more than 700 lecturers and students of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy (CMP), which has since supported the national vaccination campaign for dozens of health workers.

Taking the position of vice president of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy (CMP), Duy Tan University with a lot of time devoted to management and scientific research, but Dr. Ha has always been loved by the students. It's because Dr. Ha does not work under "office hours", but every student needs, Doctor Ha... is present.

"I've been used to the fast pace of the medical profession for decades. I also love those students who have just started their careers... 'absorbed', so I always take the time to both orientate, share, and at the same time take my time. They have determined that according to the medical profession, they must always keep the "flame" of their passion, study seriously, and be good at both theory and practice.

Medical education is not limited to time and content to learn - that is also my life and work motto, and I also want to convey it to all my students. I hope they grow up early, and study hard to avoid mistakes in the medical profession. Because the professional competence gained from the university lecture hall, from the practical internship will be a 'miracle' to save a person's life when actually entering the profession, which is also what every doctor always does. towards," said Dr. Ha.