Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on April 9 presented a
number of to the Hue Central Hospital to support the facility
to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The equipment
include an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, a mobile digital
X-ray machine, and a colour Doppler ultrasound machine, which have combined
value of 50 million JPY (over 456,000 USD).
Addressing the handover ceremony, Yakabe
Yoshinori, Head of the Japanese Consulate Office in Da Nang city, lauded the role of the
Hue Central Hospital in giving healthcare services to residents in the central
region, especially during outbreaks.
The Japanese official expressed his hope that the equipment will help the hospital
improve the quality of its medical services.
For his part, Prof. Dr. Pham Nhu Hiep, Director of the Hue
Central Hospital, thanked the Japanese Government and JICA for supporting
the hospital over the years, which has contributed to COVID-19 prevention and
control of Vietnam as well as Hue and the central region in particular.
that the hospital will use the equipment effectively to respond to the COVID-19
pandemic and enhance the quality of its healthcare services.
Since 2004, the JICA has implemented many projects to
support the , including a 27,243 USD project to upgrade
infrastructure of the hospital and a project to improve the human
resources quality for the health care system in the 2010-2015 period.
The same day, the Hue Central Hospital signed a cooperation
agreement with Vinbrain – an AI software supplier in the health sector – which
aims to increase the hospital’s IT application in its services./.
Source: VietnamPlus