Viet Nam News HCM CITY— Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved three projects to build new facilities at three regional general hospitals in HCM City to meet increasing demand for health examination and treatment. Total capital for the Thủ Đức, Hóc Môn and Củ Chi regional general hospitals is estimated to be more than 5.6 trillion (US$240 million) from the city’s budget. Construction on the 1,000-bed hospitals, which will have 500 beds each for inpatients, will begin this year and finish by 2023. The modern, high-quality hospitals, which meet ASEAN standards, will be outfitted with the latest medical equipment and facilities to provide patients in surrounding areas. The director of the Health Department, Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, told Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) that the hospitals were one of the department’s six key projects until 2030. The … [Read more...] about New facilities to be built at regional general hospitals in HCM City
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Vietnam to invest over $240 million in three 1,000-bed hospitals
Three new infirmaries include the General Hospital Thu Duc, the General Hospital Hoc Mon and the General Hospital Cu Chi. Spending on the infirmaries will be taken from the city budget to improve healthcare services for city dwellers. Director of the Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh said the construction project of three hospitals is one of the health sector’s six major projects from now to 2020 with the vision to 2030. Six major projects include to build five hospitals: City Children Hospital, Tumor Hospital, the General Hospital Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Thu Duc, and Pham Ngoc Thach Medicine University Hospital. Amongst hospitals, only City Children Hospital was put into operation in 2017 and the Tumor Hospital will be put in use in 2019. Around VND1,915 billion will be spent on Thu Duc general Hospital while VND1,895 billion and VND1,854 billion will be for building the General Hospital Hoc Mon and Cu Chi respectively. The three 1,000-bed hospitals will be equipped with modern … [Read more...] about Vietnam to invest over $240 million in three 1,000-bed hospitals
Chợ Rẫy Phnom Penh Hospital: a symbol of friendship between Việt Nam and Cambodia
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Srey Phirum Khun, 45, used to spend 8 hours travelling from Cambodia’s Kampong Speu Province to HCM City in Việt Nam for health checkups and treatment. Today, she no longer faces the grueling journey thanks to the inauguration of the Chợ Rẫy Phnom Penh Hospital in January 2014. “I no longer have to travel abroad for treatment. It helps save my money and time,” she said with a smile. Khun was just one of many who have benefited from the joint cooperation between Việt Nam and Cambodia in the medical sector. According to So Thoeun, a 44-year-old Cambodian tour guide who has spent 11 years taking patients to Việt Nam, every day, hundreds of Cambodians travel from their home country to HCM City for health services and treatment. Chợ Rẫy Hospital was well-known and supported by the majority of Cambodian patients, he said, citing one of Thoeun’s old … [Read more...] about Chợ Rẫy Phnom Penh Hospital: a symbol of friendship between Việt Nam and Cambodia
HCMC hospital aids foreigners in emergencies
Viet Nam News San Hà HCM CITY — Guzman Rober, a 40-year-old American tourist on a recent visit to HCM City, began having an unremitting epileptic seizure at a hotel on Đề Thám Street in HCM City’s District 1 when a housekeeper luckily found him in time and called the reception desk for help. Six minutes after the call, the emergency crew at Sài Gòn General Hospital in downtown HCM City arrived at the scene and provided immediate medical help to manage the man’s crisis. Rober was then transferred to the hospital for continued care. An unremitting seizure can be life-threatening and requires prompt emergency intervention, according to Trần Điền Tú, a doctor with the emergency crew. When the ambulance was en route to the scene, constant communication and updates were being transmitted to the crew so they could provide essential treatment once they arrived. Another foreign tourist, Joseph Broddly Lloyd, … [Read more...] about HCMC hospital aids foreigners in emergencies
Hanoi hospitals to review kidney dialysis process
VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien on Wednesday met with leaders of Hoa Bình Province People’s Committee and health department regarding an incident that left seven kidney dialysis patients dead. A medical staff checks on a kidney patient at the Artificial Kidney Department of Bach Mai Hospital in Ha Noi. — Photo: VNA/VNS Prior to the meeting, she visited and offered condolences to families of three late patients in Hoa Binh City, as well as patient Nguyen Thi Bich Nguyen who is receiving treatment at Hoa Binh Province General Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit following the Monday incident. Minister Tien asked the province’s health department to establish a panel of health sector experts to determine the cause of the kidney dialysis calamity, which killed seven patients who were receiving dialysis at the hospital on Monday. “We have to deal … [Read more...] about Hanoi hospitals to review kidney dialysis process