A patient registers for health check-up at the Thu Duc Hospital in HCM City (Source: VNA) (VNA) –
Twenty hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have been rated as ‘good’ based on a set
of criteria issued by the Ministry of Health, according to the municipal
Department of Health.
The criteria grades hospitals
on a scale of five points as bad, average, moderately good, good, and very
good.
The People’s 115 Hospital got
the most points (4.47), followed by (4.45),
Children’s Hospital No.1 (4.44), People’s Gia Dinh Hospital (4.44), and Hung Vuong
Hospital (4.38).
A district-level hospital each
in districts Thu Duc, 11 and 2 were also rated as ‘good’.
Most hospitals scoring highly
have adopted various innovative solutions and activities to improve services
and increase patient satisfaction, the department said on its website.
The hospitals with the lowest
points were Anh Minh General Hospital (2.06), Than Dan Hospital (2.08),
District 3 Hospital (2.13), Han Quoc Aesthetic Kim Hospital (2.27), AVA Van
Lang Cosmetic Surgery Hospital (2.33), and Thao Dien Cosmetic Surgery
International Hospital (2.48).
Last year only 12 had
scored four points or above.
Eighty six hospitals were rated
as ‘moderately good’ after scoring three points or above this year, an increase
from 77 last year.
Between November 11 and
December 12, the department conducted assessments of 110 hospitals.
They included 32 city-level
hospitals, 23 district-level hospitals, 53 private hospitals, and two public
hospitals managed by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and
the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group./.
Source: VietnamPlus
