2021-01-21 17:34:31
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Khuresukh Ukhnaa has just announced that he will be stepping down as the Prime Minister of Mongolia.
Yesterday, January 20, Deputy Prime Minister Ya.Sodbaatar and Minister of Health T.Munkhsaikhan submitted their resignation to the Prime Minister because of public pressure and protests over a mishandling of a relocation of a COVID-19 patient and her newborn baby from maternity hospital to the National Center for
Communicable Diseases.
When announcing his resignation, Prime Minister Khurelsukh expressed regret for the situation and made an apology on behalf of himself and ‘those officials who failed their responsibility’.
“The government of Mongolia and the State Emergency Commission had been mobilizing all efforts throughout the period defined by the pandemic, with timely measures of border closures and implementing heightened emergency state. There is no death from COVID-19 yet.”
Khurelsukh Ukhnaa (Montsame)
LAANBAATAR: Mongolia’s parliament has overwhelmingly voted to accept the resignation of Prime Minister of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa.
Local news agency Montsame said that 95.2 percent of the lawmakers present at the parliament voted in favor of accepting the resignation.
Under Mongolia’s law, the prime minister’s resignation the entire cabinet, formed in July 2020, will also be stepping down.
At the parliament session on Thursday, MP S.Byambatsogt said that this is the first time when the country’s Prime Minister resigns since Mongolia adopted its first democratic Constitution in 1992.
The ruling Mongolian People’s Party is expected to convene on Friday to name candidates for the country’s 32
2021-01-07 16:35:24
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On January 5, a virtual meeting took place to discuss the results of the MongPEN pilot project on introducing necessary package of assistance and services for improving NCD/cardiovascular disease management.
Minister of Health T.Munkhsaikhan, Head of the General Authority for Health Insurance L.Byambasuren, Director General of National Center for Public Health D.Narantuya, WHO Representative in Mongolia Sergey Diorditsa, health care representative of 21 aimags, and corresponding officials attended the meeting.
The project implementation kicked off in Songinokhairkhan district of Ulaanbaatar city, and 16 primary healthcare institutions of Darkhan-Uul aimag from June 2019.
During the project implementation, not only deaths from stroke decreased by 2.5 times in Darkhan-Uul aimag, and 1.4 times in Songinokhairkhan district, but also the monitoring was improved for cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure, and diabetes at
2020-12-18 16:37:30
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. It has become possible to treat stones in the kidney and urinary tract using laser treatment in Mongolia. At the initiation of Rotary Club of Khuree, laser equipment worth USD 227.8 thousand has been presented to the Urology and Andrology Department of the State Central First Hospital on December 17.
The Urology and Andrology Department is a crucial unit that offers its services on the national level. Some 3,000 patients are treated at the department annually, with about 800 surgeries.
During the launching ceremony for the laser treatment, Minister of Health T.Munkhsaikhan said, “The Urology and Andrology Department of the State Central First Hospital is a department that offers its services to many patients. Thus, I must express my gratitude to the Rotary Club of Khuree for creating the opportunity for the hospital to provide the required health care assistance and services for citizens. The Government of Mongoli
2020-12-15 13:41:08
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ ‘Primary Health Care: Transforming Vision Into Action’ virtual event, marking the two-year anniversary of the Declaration of Astana, was co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan on December 14. The virtual event launched the Operational Framework for Primary Health Care and discussed its relevance for strengthening PHC in the COVID-19 pandemic context and as part of building better.
“The Government of Mongolia remains committed to making primary health care more responsive and equitable to the needs of the population,” Minister of Health T.Munkhsaikhan said in his remarks during the Ministerial Plenary Session. The Minister highlighted that the government puts emphasis on expanding the use of mobile technology in primary health care service delivery, making reforms in the financing of primary health care services, address