Thanh An is the only island commune in Ho Chi Minh City, where boats arethe only means of transport to the mainland, but local residents saythey feel secure about health care service at the island’s medicalstation.
Tran Thanh Phong, a patient ofchronic kidney failure, said he receives regular health checks at themedical station, where there is sufficient equipment and dedicateddoctors. The doctors are ready to go to his home whenever he feels soill to go by himself, Phong said.
The districthospital in the coastal district of Can Gio used to have no paediatricdepartment, but since 2013, doctors from Nhi Dong 2 Hospital have beensent here to work. Each day the hospital gives health checks andtreatment to nearly 100 child patients.
Thechanges in Thanh An Commune and Can Gio District are examples of thetransformation in the health care sector in Ho Chi Minh City, which hasexpanded from just 20 hospitals in 1975 to 107 at present. All communesand wards have medical stations, with at least one doctor for eachmedical station at communal level. The city now has an average 14.5doctors and 33.7 nurses for every 10,000 people, higher than thenational average.
Besides expanding thenetwork of health care facilities, HCM City has made great stridesforward in developing high-tech medical treatment.
The successful operation to separate conjoined twins Viet and Duc inOctober 1988 marked a breakthrough in the city’s health caredevelopment. Ten years later, on April 30, 1998, the Tu Du Hospitaldelivered the first three test-tube babies in Vietnam, paving the wayfor infertility treatment in the country.
Hi-techmedical treatment has developed at high speed during the past decades,with many city hospitals capable of performing advanced techniques inbio-technology, organ transplant, endoscopy and interventional treatmentof cardio-vascular diseases.
Looking forward,the city will continue to build a professional and modern health carenetwork, ensuring initial health care for all people while enhancingaccess to quality medical services, contributing to economic growth andsustainable development.-VNA
Tran Thanh Phong, a patient ofchronic kidney failure, said he receives regular health checks at themedical station, where there is sufficient equipment and dedicateddoctors. The doctors are ready to go to his home whenever he feels soill to go by himself, Phong said.
The districthospital in the coastal district of Can Gio used to have no paediatricdepartment, but since 2013, doctors from Nhi Dong 2 Hospital have beensent here to work. Each day the hospital gives health checks andtreatment to nearly 100 child patients.
Thechanges in Thanh An Commune and Can Gio District are examples of thetransformation in the health care sector in Ho Chi Minh City, which hasexpanded from just 20 hospitals in 1975 to 107 at present. All communesand wards have medical stations, with at least one doctor for eachmedical station at communal level. The city now has an average 14.5doctors and 33.7 nurses for every 10,000 people, higher than thenational average.
Besides expanding thenetwork of health care facilities, HCM City has made great stridesforward in developing high-tech medical treatment.
The successful operation to separate conjoined twins Viet and Duc inOctober 1988 marked a breakthrough in the city’s health caredevelopment. Ten years later, on April 30, 1998, the Tu Du Hospitaldelivered the first three test-tube babies in Vietnam, paving the wayfor infertility treatment in the country.
Hi-techmedical treatment has developed at high speed during the past decades,with many city hospitals capable of performing advanced techniques inbio-technology, organ transplant, endoscopy and interventional treatmentof cardio-vascular diseases.
Looking forward,the city will continue to build a professional and modern health carenetwork, ensuring initial health care for all people while enhancingaccess to quality medical services, contributing to economic growth andsustainable development.-VNA
