The reality of violation of patients’ rights under the law on examination and treatment in some provinces of Mekong Delta

Abstract

Recently, Vietnam has reformed the laws and drew up the targets on protection the patients’ rights. Among the important purposes of these works are to raise the number of well-protected patients’ rights. As a territory of Vietnam, Mekong Delta has also been imposed to follow the determined trend of Vietnam. However, in practice, as it has its own particularities, Mekong Delta may breach the common expectations. Hence, to answer for the doubt of the real situation of actual status the patients have been protected in the collected provinces in Mekong, the author conducted research. In 2016, the research was conducted in the selected provinces that have similar characteristics such as Can Tho, Vinh Long, Soc Trang, and Kien Giang to present the status of patients’ rights protection. Based on the results, it is clear that some problems still remain. The results provide reasonable evidence to look for future solutions to the obstacles that hinder the selected provinces as well as Mekong Delta from developing