(Source: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The City Children’s Hospital – the most modern of its
kind in Vietnam – was officially inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City on June 1
after four years of construction.
With an investment of 4.5 trillion VND (197.5 million USD)
from the State budget, the hospital contains eight floors and one basement,
with 1,000 beds.
Located at 15 Vo Tran Chi street, Binh Chanh district, it
aims to become a with medically complex
subspecialties achieving national and regional standards.
This brand-new hospital has a variety of subspecialties in
pediatrics. Some of its key subspecialties are neonatal care, organ transplant,
cardiac surgery, and oncology. It is the first children’s hospital in Vietnam
having all three components of cancer treatment: chemotherapy, surgery, and
radiotherapy.
Nguyen Thi Thu, Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s
Committee, affirmed that along with Children’s Hospitals 1 and 2, the City
Children’s Hospital will help save the lives of children with serious diseases
in and other southern localities.
She asked hospital staff to exert more efforts to care for
the health of children to meet expectations of the Party, State and people.
stressed the
significance of the inauguration of the hospital on June 1 – International
Children’s Day.
She expressed her belief that the hospital will be Vietnam’s
first modern pediatrics hospital whose services are on par with those of
regional countries with advanced medicine.
With the first phase beginning operational in January 2017,
the hospital provides check-ups for 1,200-1,300 children and serves 350-400
inpatients each day.
It has helped reduce overloads for Children’s Hospitals 1
and 2.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
