Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Ho Chi MinhCity (VNA) – HCM City’s Children Hospital 1 on February 10 wasawarded the first prize for medical service quality at the Medical Check-up andTreatment Quality Awards 2016 for its “red-alert” first aid procedure.
The MedicalCheck-up and Treatment Quality Awards 2016 was launched for the first time bythe HCM City Department of Health with the goal of honouring the best practicesof hospitals operating in the city.
Beingimplemented since 2008, the “red alert” procedure mobilises doctors fromdifferent departments to come together to treat a patient, which saved thelives of 10 children in extremely critical conditions, including a baby fallingout of his mother’s uterus in a traffic accident.
Besides theChildren Hospital 1, the awards also honoured the smart check-up faculty of theGia Dinh People’s Hospital, the online medical records of the Thu Duc DistrictHospital, the uprogramme supervising antibiotics use of the Cho Ray Hospitaland the robotic surgery technique of the Binh Dan Hospital.
According toAssoc. Prof. Dr. Tang Chi Thuong, deputy director of the municipal Departmentof Health, said the goal of the awards is to highlight and multiply creative andeffective practices of local hospitals.
Atotal of 35 hospitals have sent 80 entries to compete for the awards.-VNA
