Four central hospitals receive Japanese-donated medical equipment

Vietnamese and Japanese officials at the medical equipment hand-over ceremony. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Four central hospitals in Vietnam on
April 18 received the first batch of medical equipment donated by the
Government of .

The beneficiaries are the Central Lung Hospital, the National
Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions, the National Hospital for
Tropical Diseases, and Da Nang C Hospital.

The donated medical equipment is part of Japan’s grant worth
over 1.9 billion JPY (14.15 million USD) to support Vietnam’s responses to communicable
diseases.

To provide technical support and upgrade medical equipment for
Vietnamese hospitals to be able to meet the requirements of COVID-19 prevention
and control, in 2021, the Japanese Government and Vietnam’s Health Ministry
signed a medical support agreement, under which Japan conducts a tender for
the procurement of medical equipment for the four hospitals in three batches
with 19 types of medical equipment.

So far, Japan has completed the
procurement, handed over, and installed six types of at the
hospitals./.