JICA signs three-year deal to improve health sector
The Japan International Co-operation
Agency (JICA) will help Cho Ray Hospital improve medical rehabilitation
services as part of a three-year co-operation project signed on March
1.
The Japan International Co-operation
Agency (JICA) will help Cho Ray Hospital improve medical rehabilitation
services as part of a three-year co-operation project signed on March
1.
Cho Ray, located in HCM City , is one of the leading hospitals in Vietnam and Southeast Asia as a whole.
Under the project, JICA will provide technical assistance to enhance the capability of Cho Ray Hospital 's rehabilitation services for traumatic brain injuries and cerebrovascular accidents as well as transfer knowledge and techniques to other hospitals in southern Vietnam .
The project will also develop a handbook on rehabilitation for patients and their families guiding continued rehabilitation after being discharged from hospital.
"Rehabilitation is one of the three most important tasks of a medical institution along with examinations and treatment. However, it has received little attention in recent years. At a provincial level, rehabilitation departments are often integrated into the traditional medicine departments and lack professional staff," said Director of Cho Ray Hospital Nguyen Truong Son.
The project follows the successful completion of the "Supporting people with disabilities" project which was also implemented in Cho Ray Hospital in 2005-08.
"With assistance from Japanese experts, medical staff of the Rehabilitation Department of Cho Ray Hospital have absorbed new techniques in physical and occupational therapy. The staff got to know how to diagnose patients and apply the appropriate treatment regime. We believe the newly-signed project will further improve the situation", said JICA Chief Representative Tsuno Motonori.
A Cho Ray Hospital survey shows that the average number of rehabilitation staff is one physical therapist per 108 beds. Only 10 percent of cerebrovascular accident and head trauma patients received rehabilitation treatment on their return home.
A handbook on rehabilitation providing detailed information on how to take care of patients at home and how to do appropriate exercise will be produced as improved rehabilitation becomes an urgent need./.
Cho Ray, located in HCM City , is one of the leading hospitals in Vietnam and Southeast Asia as a whole.
Under the project, JICA will provide technical assistance to enhance the capability of Cho Ray Hospital 's rehabilitation services for traumatic brain injuries and cerebrovascular accidents as well as transfer knowledge and techniques to other hospitals in southern Vietnam .
The project will also develop a handbook on rehabilitation for patients and their families guiding continued rehabilitation after being discharged from hospital.
"Rehabilitation is one of the three most important tasks of a medical institution along with examinations and treatment. However, it has received little attention in recent years. At a provincial level, rehabilitation departments are often integrated into the traditional medicine departments and lack professional staff," said Director of Cho Ray Hospital Nguyen Truong Son.
The project follows the successful completion of the "Supporting people with disabilities" project which was also implemented in Cho Ray Hospital in 2005-08.
"With assistance from Japanese experts, medical staff of the Rehabilitation Department of Cho Ray Hospital have absorbed new techniques in physical and occupational therapy. The staff got to know how to diagnose patients and apply the appropriate treatment regime. We believe the newly-signed project will further improve the situation", said JICA Chief Representative Tsuno Motonori.
A Cho Ray Hospital survey shows that the average number of rehabilitation staff is one physical therapist per 108 beds. Only 10 percent of cerebrovascular accident and head trauma patients received rehabilitation treatment on their return home.
A handbook on rehabilitation providing detailed information on how to take care of patients at home and how to do appropriate exercise will be produced as improved rehabilitation becomes an urgent need./.
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