Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (third from left) at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucawarded third-class Independence Order to K Hospital, Vietnam’s leading cancerhospital, during a ceremony in Hanoi on July 18 celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Speaking at the event, PM Phuc expressed his delight at learningthat the hospital has adopted technological advances for treatment.
Not only improving cancer check-ups and treatment, thehospital has also helped build tumour faculties in cities and provinces and anetwork of national cancer prevention system. It offered training andtransferred technology to lower-level hospitals, contributing to cuttingtreatment costs and strengthening patients’ trust.
In Vietnam, there are 165,000 new cancer cases each year and300,000 patients are living with the disease.
The PM assigned the hospital to continue its vanguard roleto become the leading tumour centre in the region, a trustworthy destinationfor not only patients but also international friends.
About future orientations, the hospital was asked to furtherimprove its check-up and treatment, take patients’ satisfaction as ameasurement for value, enhance scientific research and training, as well asinternational cooperation, especially with French institutes.
Together with improving medical staff’s capacity, it must stepup early screening and discovery of cancer cases.
As for the hospital’s self-autonomy project, the leadersuggested rallying domestic and foreign resources to upgrade its infrastructureand develop its personnel into a high-quality workforce.
Each year, the Vietnamese people spend over 2 billion USD onmedical treatment, mostly cancer, in foreign countries.
Previously known as Curie Indochina Institute, the hospitalwas founded on October 19, 1923 by Pierre Moullin, a French national with anaim to treat cancer for Indochinese and French people.
On July 6, 1926, the institute changed its name to RadiumInstitute, the only cancer research centre in Indochina.
In 1959, it merged with Phu Doan hospital, now known as VietDuc hospital, to become a cancer faculty during 1959-1969. Later in 1969, theHealth Ministry decided to establish K Hospital.
The hospital now has a 1,500-strong staff and 2,400 beds.-VNA
Speaking at the event, PM Phuc expressed his delight at learningthat the hospital has adopted technological advances for treatment.
Not only improving cancer check-ups and treatment, thehospital has also helped build tumour faculties in cities and provinces and anetwork of national cancer prevention system. It offered training andtransferred technology to lower-level hospitals, contributing to cuttingtreatment costs and strengthening patients’ trust.
In Vietnam, there are 165,000 new cancer cases each year and300,000 patients are living with the disease.
The PM assigned the hospital to continue its vanguard roleto become the leading tumour centre in the region, a trustworthy destinationfor not only patients but also international friends.
About future orientations, the hospital was asked to furtherimprove its check-up and treatment, take patients’ satisfaction as ameasurement for value, enhance scientific research and training, as well asinternational cooperation, especially with French institutes.
Together with improving medical staff’s capacity, it must stepup early screening and discovery of cancer cases.
As for the hospital’s self-autonomy project, the leadersuggested rallying domestic and foreign resources to upgrade its infrastructureand develop its personnel into a high-quality workforce.
Each year, the Vietnamese people spend over 2 billion USD onmedical treatment, mostly cancer, in foreign countries.
Previously known as Curie Indochina Institute, the hospitalwas founded on October 19, 1923 by Pierre Moullin, a French national with anaim to treat cancer for Indochinese and French people.
On July 6, 1926, the institute changed its name to RadiumInstitute, the only cancer research centre in Indochina.
In 1959, it merged with Phu Doan hospital, now known as VietDuc hospital, to become a cancer faculty during 1959-1969. Later in 1969, theHealth Ministry decided to establish K Hospital.
The hospital now has a 1,500-strong staff and 2,400 beds.-VNA
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