At the inauguration ceremony (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The
inaugurated a centre for
(Telehealth) at Thong Nhat Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on April 7 as part of activities
in the framework of the remote medical examination and treatment project for the 2020-2025 period.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said since the project started in June last year, there
are 1,500 establishments nationwide connected central hospitals with provincial
hospitals and communal health stations.
The project has proven its effectiveness, helping to remarkably reduce overloading at central-level hospitals and
improving the quality of hospitals at the grassroots levels.
Notably, during the two waves of infections in Da Nang city and
Hai Duong province, the online consultation helped health experts effectively
support the treatment of COVID-patients.
The Thong Nhat Hospital is one of 34 nucleus hospitals selected to give professional
assistance to hospitals at the grassroots
levels. In recent years, experts and doctors of the hospital have successfully
implemented many modern .
The Telehealth centre applies modern image
transmission technology – one of the optimal solutions to not only store and
secure personal information of patients, but also enable doctors to consult and
propose treatment solutions right on the system.
As many 22 lower-level hospitals have registered to connect to the centre.
Right in the inauguration ceremony, doctors of the Thong Nhat Hospital provided
consultations on a number of complicated cases that are treated at Long Khanh
Regional General Hospital, general hospitals of Vinh Long and Phu Yen provinces, and Nguyen
Dinh Chieu General Hospital of Ben Tre province./.
Source: VietnamPlus
