Professor Didier Giet, head of the General Medicine Faculty at the University of Liège (L) and Vice Principal of the Pham NgocThach University of Medicine Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hiep. (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine inked a deal with the University
of Liège, Belgium for a Europe-standard family medicine training programme in HCM
City on March 7.
The Belgian
university will send two teams of experts to Vietnam annually to provide practical
training for lecturers, doctors and nurses of the family medical service
department at the , Vice Principal of the
HCM City-based University Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hiep said.
Belgian experts will
also share experience in managing a clinic and outstanding
Vietnamese trainees will get scholarships to study in Belgium, he added.
Speaking at the
signing ceremony, Professor Didier Giet, head of the General Medicine Faculty
at the University of Liège said the family health service is a successful model
in Europe which satisfies about 90 percent of healthcare demand from locals,
with only 10 percent of patients in critical conditions admitted to hospitals.
It helps reduce
costs for patients and eases the burden on hospitals, he noted.
The professor also
stressed that the model in Vietnam should not completely imitate that of Belgium.
The will support Vietnam to develop a practice-driven
system that meets European standards.
The Pham Ngoc Thach
University of Medicine has been assigned by the Ministry of Health to provide
education and training for family health workers in Ho Chi Minh City since
2000.
It launched the
first family medical practice in late February 2017.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
