A foreign patient is examined at the HCM City University Medical Centre (Photo courtesy of the )an with two examination rooms to serve foreigners, as part
of a pilot programme to develop a network that meets
international standards.
Vu Tri Thanh, head of the
hospital’s general planning department, said that participating facilities
must meet international standards and criteria related to infrastructure and
qualification of health care officials and interpreters.
Under the programme,
jointly implemented by the municipal departments of Health and Tourism, a
handbook about the network of international standard clinics will be published
for foreign tourists.
The hospital offers medical
check-ups and treatment for more than two million patients every year,
including more than 15,000 outpatients and 1,000 inpatients.
The hospital’s
departments of gastroenterology, hepato-biliary-pancreatic, anorectal,
neurology, respiratory and cardiology receive the highest number of foreign
patients.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
