A doctor at Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City examines a patient with post-COVID conditions. Photo courtesy of the hospital

HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health has called on health facilities not to increase the cost of treating people who require extended treatment for COVID-19 or have post-COVID conditions.

Health facilities are required to check and treat people with post-COVID conditions having government health insurance cards, the department said.

The cost of medical services must be widely publicised. 

The department also instructed hospitals and clinics not to prescribe too many tests and procedures and extended care.

Doctors said many people seek diagnosis and treatment for post-COVID conditions though they have no symptoms.

They said people who have COVID should not worry too much since not all develop post-COVID conditions after being cured. — VNS