Salvador Valdes Mesa (front, second, left), First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, visits the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Dong Hoi Hospital on September 14, 2018 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam-Cuba friendship
hospitals in Hanoi and the central province of Quang Binh are a symbol of the close
friendship and in healthcare between Vietnam and Cuba.
In September 1973, during a visit to
Quang Tri and Quang Binh provinces, President Fidel Castro decided to give
Quang Binh a spacious and modern hospital to serve local people and injured
soldiers.
The construction of the hospital began on May 19, 1974 and it was put into
operation on September 9, 1981 with nearly 500 beds.
Doctor Duong Thanh Binh, Director of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in
Dong Hoi, Quang Binh, recalled was among the first foreign
leaders to visit the liberated zone in South Vietnam.
”The hospital is a valuable gift, a symbol of friendship and solidarity between
Vietnam and Cuba,” he said.
The Cuban Health Ministry has sent three experienced doctors who have expertise
in tumour surgery, traumatology and cardiovascular intervention to help doctors
in the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi in technological transfer
and treatment.
Doctor Piter Marti’nez Beni’tez, in the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in
Dong Hoi, expressed his hope that in the future, there will be more
Cuban experts in other fields to come to Vietnam while Vietnamese doctors will
visit Cuba for experience sharing.
The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in Hanoi was put into operation in June
1969, specialised in otorhinolaryngology and odonto-stomatology.
The hospital is equipped with modern facilities and has conducted tooth
implants and treatment of malignant facial tumors.
Nguyen Dinh Phuc, Director of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in
Hanoi wished that more Cuban doctors would come to cooperate with doctors in
the Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospitals.
The
in Hanoi and Quang Binh province are a valuable gift that Cuba has given to the
Vietnamese people and a beautiful symbol of the solidarity and friendship
between Vietnam and Cuba.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
