(centre) attends the inauguration ceremony for the trauma and orthosis institute under .(Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Military Hospital 175
should work to turn itself into a strong medical facility in the region, Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 11.
He made the statement while visiting the hospital on the occasion of the and the 30th All-People’s
Defence Festival (December 22).
PM Phuc asked the hospital to improve quality of , enhance
capacity of its staff, apply advanced technology in treatment, as well as
promote international cooperation so as to meet development requirements in the
new period.
Besides, the hospital needs to speed up the construction
of the 1,000 – bed general hospital, nursing home and rehabilitation hospital,
he said.
The leader also took the occasion to hail the hospital’s efforts to
successfully fulfill its missions in the past time, including the deployment of
the Level 2 field hospital in South Sudan to join UN’s international
peacekeeping operation, providing health care in remote areas in the Central
Highlands region, Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and Cambodia, and making
heavy investment in high technologies to improve medical services.
He particularly commended the staff of the Level 2 field hospital for
successfully accomplishing their peacekeeping mission, describing it as a vivid
illustration for Vietnam’s responsibility, goodwill and increasing prestige in
the international arena.
Military Hospital 175 was set up on May 26, 1975, right after the liberation of
the south. Currently, it provides treatment to some 3,700 patients and carries
out up to 140 emergency operations each day.
PM Phuc also attended the inauguration ceremony for the trauma and orthosis institute,
the first ever in the country having a helipad./.
Source: VietnamPlus
