Mỹ Mỹ Trades and Services Co. Ltd. on April 8 began construction of the American International Hospital (AIH) in HCM City’s District 2, the country’s first American-standard hospital. Viet Nam News - HCM CITY — Mỹ Mỹ Trades and Services Co. Ltd. yesterday began construction of the American International Hospital (AIH) in HCM City’s District 2, the country’s first American-standard hospital. The 150-bed hospital is equipped with international-standard facilities and medical equipment and designed under Joint Commission International certification, the world’s leading accreditation in healthcare services quality evaluation. It will be staffed by doctors from the US along with Vietnamese doctors who have been trained overseas. Speaking at the construction commencement ceremony, Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, director of the city’s Department of Health, said that development of grass-root healthcare systems as well as primary healthcare services were among the priorities of the … [Read more...] about American hospital construction begins
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Japanese hospital to cater to tourists
The Oncology hospital provides 500 beds in Đà Nẵng city. A Japanese company now plans to invest in an international hospital. — VNS Photo Công Thành Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — JGC Corporation, a Japanese global-engineering company, plans to build a 200-bed international hospital to help provide high-quality medical services in the central city to cater mostly to the boom in tourism. The city’s Investment Promotion Agency told Việt Nam News that the Japanese investor and two partners, the Saikeikai and Kishokai companies, would invest US$40 million in two phases. They have plans to speed up a feasibility study for the project. The investors have already held six surveys in the city on when to start construction. This will be the first Japanese medical investment project in Đà Nẵng. More than 400,000 Japanese tourists, the second largest foreign group, visited Đà Nẵng in 2016. There has also been a total of more than 125 investment projects from Japan in the … [Read more...] about Japanese hospital to cater to tourists
International eye hospital resort opens in Bắc Giang
The view of the hospital. — Photo Vietnamplus Viet Nam News BẮC GIANG — An international eye hospital was put into operation in northern Bắc Giang Province on Thursday. The DND hospital covers an area of some 10,000sq.m in Dĩnh Kế Ward, Bắc Giang City. Combining the high-end resort model with hospital, DND is the first international standard hospital in the province. Along with its high-tech equipment and qualified staff, DND provides a variety of choices for high-quality medical service to the locals. The elements of a resort would also be included such as biological gardens, lakes, and a Japanese style architecture, ready to serve thousands of patients every year. Lương Ngọc Khuê, head of the ministry’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department, said the hospital with its equipment and staff was expected to satisfy the increasing demand of the people for health examination and treatment. Raising the quality of medical services is also the goal of the ministry to … [Read more...] about International eye hospital resort opens in Bắc Giang
Patients overload hospitals by avoiding health stations
A view of the Ninh Hiệp Commune Medical Station in Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District. Despite quality upgrades, local health stations struggle to attract patients, who find it hard to trust them. – VNA/VNS Photo Đình Na HÀ NỘI (VNS) – Despite recent quality upgrades of local health stations, these grassroots facilities are struggling to draw in patients who find it hard to trust them with their well-being. Ngũ Hiệp Commune’s health station in Hà Nội’s suburban Thanh Trì District was acknowledged as reaching national medical standards in late 2006, and has maintained them since then. Yet the station, located only two kilometres away from the heart of the district of 200,000 people, has not received a single mother-to-be to deliver their baby over the last six years, Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper reported. This seems unbelievable in a country that has always be alert to keeping the birth rate under control and preventing a population boom. In 2015, … [Read more...] about Patients overload hospitals by avoiding health stations
Hà Nội hospitals to review kidney dialysis process
A medical staff checks on a kidney patient at the Artificial Kidney Department of Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Ngọc Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến on Wednesday met with leaders of Hòa Bình Province People’s Committee and health department regarding an incident that left seven kidney dialysis patients dead. Prior to the meeting, she visited and offered condolences to families of three late patients in Hòa Bình City, as well as patient Nguyễn Thị Bích Nguyên who is receiving treatment at Hòa Bình Province General Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit following the Monday incident. Minister Tiến 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 with the situation step by step, be honest and be objective in finding the cause of … [Read more...] about Hà Nội hospitals to review kidney dialysis process
Hospitals to review procedures after baby-switching incident
Ba Vì Hospital where two babies were switched at birth. – photo baotintuc.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Health Department in Hà Nội has asked hospitals in the city to review the process of managing new-born babies including caring, bathing and handing them to parents after a case of parents receiving the wrong babies was discovered at Ba Vì District’s hospital. Hà Nội Obstetrics Hospital was asked to organise training courses and monitor the process at the obstetric departments of other city hospitals. Previously, the Ministry of Health requested the municipal Health Department to issue harsh penalties to medical workers involved with the six-year-old case of babies being switched at birth at Ba Vì Hospital. The mothers in this particular case are Phùng Thị Thu Hiền from Vân Trai Village of Tây Đằng Commune, and Vũ Thị Hương residing in Phú Mỹ Village of the district’s Phú Sơn Commune. On November 1, 2012, the two pregnant women were admitted to the hospital. The … [Read more...] about Hospitals to review procedures after baby-switching incident
AIH collaborates with Johns Hopkins Medicine International
AIH collaborates with Johns Hopkins Medicine International After a state-of-the-art oncology care center in Singapore, American International Hospital (AIH) in Vietnam is the 2nd medical unit in Southest Asia that Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), one of the leading academic health care systems in the United States, collaborates with and supports. Johns Hopkins Medicine, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is an integrated global health enterprise and one of the leading academic health care systems in the United States. Opened in 1889, the Johns Hopkins Hospital has been consistently ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report throughout the survey’s 29-year history. As part of its mission to improve the health of the community and the world, Johns Hopkins Medicine International has been engaged in multiple successful collaborations throughout the Asian region over the past two decades. For example, a state-of-the-art oncology care … [Read more...] about AIH collaborates with Johns Hopkins Medicine International
HCMC hospital aids foreigners in emergencies
A foreign patient is examined at Sài Gòn General Hospital in downtown HCM City. The medical services room for foreigners at the hospital receives more than 100 foreign out-patients from more than 30 countries and territories every month. — Photo courtesy of Sài Gòn General Hospital 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 … [Read more...] about HCMC hospital aids foreigners in emergencies
Phuong Chau Hospital joins forces with Japanese firms to promote fertility treatments
Phuong Chau Hospital joins forces with Japanese firms to promote fertility treatments By Huynh Kim Leaders of Phuong Chau International Hospital, IVF Japan and Kishokai Medical Corporation at the cooperation agreement signing ceremony today, June 21 - PHOTO: HUYNH KIM CAN THO – Phuong Chau International Hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has signed a cooperation agreement with Japan’s Kishokai Medical Corporation and IVF Japan Group to promote fertility treatments and reproductive health services in Vietnam. Before the signing ceremony today, June 21, Kishokai President and CEO Mamoru Yamashita told the Saigon Times that the cooperation between Kishokai and Phuong Chau Hospital has had positive results. The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has listed Phuong Chau as one of the leading hospitals in the Mekong Delta. Kishokai will continue enhancing its cooperation with Phuong Chau to better serve patients in the Mekong Delta, especially low-income ones. … [Read more...] about Phuong Chau Hospital joins forces with Japanese firms to promote fertility treatments
Central province to build first int’l general hospital
Doctors from Korea talk to local residents during a charity heath support programme in Quảng Ngãi Province. The central province plans to build the first International General Hospital to provide high-quality health services and treatment for locals and foreigners. — Photo courtesy of Doosan Vina Viet Nam News QUẢNG NGÃI — The central province will build the first International General Hospital in the central city of Quảng Ngãi with total investment of VNĐ1.1 trillion (US$48.7 million) following a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model. Director of the provincial health department, Nguyễn Tấn Đức told the Việt Nam News that construction on the 500-bed hospital will start later this month and is expected to be completed in the second quarter next year. Đức said the hospital, the first of its kind, will provide high-quality health services and treatment for local residents and foreigners working in the province. He said the introduction of the hospital would help ease … [Read more...] about Central province to build first int’l general hospital