Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) attends the inauguration ceremony for the trauma and orthosis institute under Military Hospital 175. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Military Hospital 175should work to turn itself into a strong medical facility in the region, PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 11.
He made the statement while visiting the hospital on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 30th All-People’sDefence Festival (December 22).
PM Phuc asked the hospital to improve quality of medical examination, enhancecapacity of its staff, apply advanced technology in treatment, as well aspromote international cooperation so as to meet development requirements in thenew period.
Besides, the hospital needs to speed up the constructionof the 1,000 – bed general hospital, nursing home and rehabilitation hospital,he said.
The leader also took the occasion to hail the hospital’s efforts tosuccessfully fulfill its missions in the past time, including the deployment ofthe Level 2 field hospital in South Sudan to join UN’s internationalpeacekeeping operation, providing health care in remote areas in the CentralHighlands region, Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and Cambodia, and makingheavy investment in high technologies to improve medical services.
He particularly commended the staff of the Level 2 field hospital forsuccessfully accomplishing their peacekeeping mission, describing it as a vividillustration for Vietnam’s responsibility, goodwill and increasing prestige inthe international arena.
Military Hospital 175 was set up on May 26, 1975, right after the liberation ofthe south. Currently, it provides treatment to some 3,700 patients and carriesout up to 140 emergency operations each day.
PM Phuc also attended the inauguration ceremony for the trauma and orthosis institute,the first ever in the country having a helipad./.
VNA
