A live surgical demonstration at Binh Dan Hospital introduced at the 20th conference on surgery in HCM City. Photo: VNA HCM City (VNA) – Twenty-six leading experts in surgery from countries around the world such as the US, UK, Germany, Belgium, Japan and the Republic of Korea gathered at the 20th conference on science and technology being held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 14-15 by Binh Dan Hospital.
Addressing the opening session, Associate Professor, Dr Tang Chi Thuong, Director of the Department of Health of HCM City, highlighted that as a leading hospital in terms of surgery of the city and neighbouring provinces, Binh Dan Hospital has applied many advances in treatment relating to surgery.
The conference showed that the development orientation of the institute-school model is becoming more popular with the presence of many professors and surgeons from many medical universities around the world, he said, adding that this is a model that other hospitals can replicate to promote professional capacity development in clinical activities and specialised training in surgery.
The conference heard 250 reports covering surgeries on hearts, vascular intervention, urology-andrology and other related specialties such as nursing, molecular biology and infection control.
Also at the event, participants were introduced to three live surgical demonstrations from Binh Dan Hospital./.
