The Hanoi People's Committee has approved the spending of almost 41billion VND (2.09 million USD) to upgrade medical equipment at the SonTay General Hospital.
It has also approved the spending of 27 billion VND (1.3 million USD) to upgrade the Mai Huong Daycare Psychiatric Hospital.
The spending for Son Tay General Hospital will be done between 2011 and2012 and focus on buying modern emergency, recuperation, anaesthetics,blood transfusion and diagnostic equipment.
The committeehas instructed the hospital management to list the medical equipmentnecessary for the upgrading and oversee the work.
Thepurpose of the work at the Mai Huong Daycare Psychiatric Hospital is toimprove treatment quality for disadvantaged patients.
The hospital is required to work with relevant municipal departments to mobilise the money for the two-year project.
Its director, Dr Ngo Thanh Hoi, said work would start at the beginningof the next year with the capital drawn from the city's budget andgovernment bonds.
"Much of our medical equipment andmachines are obsolete and do not meet the patient requirements,especially as diseases have become more complex and difficult to cure,"said Dr Hoi.
The money would help the hospital buy specialised equipment for the in-residence treatment of rural psychiatric patients.
Son Tay General Hospital has 400 beds, 27 wards and treats about140,000 patients each year. The Mai Huong Daycare Hospital has just 50beds.
Both are overcrowded with an average of three patients for each bed./.
It has also approved the spending of 27 billion VND (1.3 million USD) to upgrade the Mai Huong Daycare Psychiatric Hospital.
The spending for Son Tay General Hospital will be done between 2011 and2012 and focus on buying modern emergency, recuperation, anaesthetics,blood transfusion and diagnostic equipment.
The committeehas instructed the hospital management to list the medical equipmentnecessary for the upgrading and oversee the work.
Thepurpose of the work at the Mai Huong Daycare Psychiatric Hospital is toimprove treatment quality for disadvantaged patients.
The hospital is required to work with relevant municipal departments to mobilise the money for the two-year project.
Its director, Dr Ngo Thanh Hoi, said work would start at the beginningof the next year with the capital drawn from the city's budget andgovernment bonds.
"Much of our medical equipment andmachines are obsolete and do not meet the patient requirements,especially as diseases have become more complex and difficult to cure,"said Dr Hoi.
The money would help the hospital buy specialised equipment for the in-residence treatment of rural psychiatric patients.
Son Tay General Hospital has 400 beds, 27 wards and treats about140,000 patients each year. The Mai Huong Daycare Hospital has just 50beds.
Both are overcrowded with an average of three patients for each bed./.
