Outpatient departments of major hospitals’ new branches inaugurated
The Health Ministry held a ceremony in Phu Ly city of northern Ha Nam province on October 21 to inaugurate outpatient departments of the new branches of Hanoi-based Bach Mai and Viet Duc hospitals.
Bach Mai Hospital organises free health check-ups for 500 locals on the occasion of the inauguration of the outpatient department (Source: VNA)
Ha Nam (VNA) – The Health Ministry held a ceremony in Phu Ly cityof northern Ha Nam province on October 21 to inaugurate outpatient departmentsof the new branches of Hanoi-based Bach Mai and Viet Duc hospitals.
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Damstressed that putting the outpatient departments into operation is just thefirst step. Therefore, the Health Ministry and relevant units need exert moreefforts to fully inaugurate the new branches of the two hospitals as soon aspossible.
These branches’ staff were asked to try their best in healthcheck-ups and treatment to ensure the branches are as prestigious as the twohospitals in Hanoi.
The Deputy PM also urged the Health Ministry and relevantministries and sectors to reform the administration of hospitals and healthclinics, firstly major hospitals, to ensure the health care for all people,improve the quality of scientific research and the capacity of health expertsto minimise the number of Vietnamese going abroad for treatment.
Construction on the two branches started on December 13,2014. Both will meet international standards and become the most modern inVietnam.
With a total area of 123,000 sq.m, Bach Mai hospital’ssecond facility will be built into a general hospital which specialises intreating cardiovascular, tumour and respiratory diseases, serving about 5,000patients per day.
Meanwhile, Viet Duc hospital's branch, which has a totalarea of 125,000 sq.m, will work as a surgical centre treating brain and boneinjuries, and rib-cage and spine injuries serving 3,500 patients per day.
These two new hospitals which are designed to have 1,000patient beds each are part of a project to build five new central hospitalsoutside Hanoi, as approved by the government, in a bid to reduce overcrowdingin existing ones.
Ha Nam has been chosen for the construction thanks to itslocation in the centre of provinces in the north and on the north-south route,which will facilitate the transport of patients from the north and centralregion to the hospitals. It is about 60km south of Hanoi.-VNA
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Bach Mai Hospital organises free health check-ups for 500 locals on the occasion of the inauguration of the outpatient department (Source: VNA) 
