Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCMCity (VNA) - The training provided by leading central-level hospitalsin HCM City has helped doctors at provincial facilities apply latest techniquesand advances to treat heart patients, reducing the need for emergencytransfers.
Inthe process, it has also improved the skills and professionalism of doctors atthe provincial level.
Forinstance, doctors at Can Tho City General Hospital in the Mekong Delta are nowable to perform open heart surgeries, endoscopies, stent placements andtechniques after learning them from the Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City.
Earlylast week, they implanted pacemakers in two patients 44 and 63 years old. Thepatients, residents of Phong Dien and Ninh Kieu districts, were admitted withheart rates of less than 40 beats per minute compared to normal 60 to 100 beatsper minute.
Moreover,they suffered from bundle branch block, which causes delays and obstructions onthe pathway that sends electrical impulses to the left or the right side of thebottom chambers of heart, leading to regular tiredness, vertigo and sometimes,loss of consciousness.
DrTrinh Thanh Tam of Can Tho City General Hospital’s cardiovascular ward told theTuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that doctors decided to implant pacemakers thatwould work for a long time, providing electrical stimuli as needed to keep thepulse rate normal.
Ifthis was not done, the patients were at risk of suffering a stroke, Tam said,adding that this was a noninvasive technique.
Doctorsat Thong Nhat General Hospital in Dong Nai province have also benefited fromtraining provided by Cho Ray Hospital, enabling them to perform many procedureson their own, including open heart surgeries and other cardiovascularinterventions.
Dr.Pham Van Dung, the hospital’s director, said it was very important to developthe expertise for making timely cardiovascular interventions and ensuring thepatients’ safety.
TheDong Nai newspaper recently quoted the head of the provincial Department ofHealth, Huynh Minh Hoan, as saying that learning and using advanced techniquesand technological developments is a common trend that hospitals all over thecountry have to follow in the coming time.
ThongNhat Hospital in HCM City and Vinh Long province’s General Hospital also signeda five-year (2016-2020) agreement on training the latter’s staff incardiovascular interventions within the period between 2016 and 2020.
Since2013, a Satellite Hospital project has been providing training in advancedtechniques for treating heart diseases to private and public health facilitiesthroughout the country.
Theproject is one of several measures being taken to improve the qualification ofdoctors, especially those at provincial and grassroots levels, according toMedical Examination and Treatment Department under the Health Ministry.
Ina recent conference, Dr Luong Ngoc Khue, the department’s head, said thatresidents in outlying areas now had better access to modern treatment.
Theavailability of modern treatments at more district and provincial hospitals inrecent years helped reduce overcrowding at major central and city-levelhospitals, he said.
Inparticular, the rate of transfer to central and city-level hospitals had fallenby 98.5 percent in patients with heart-related diseases, he added.-VNA
Inthe process, it has also improved the skills and professionalism of doctors atthe provincial level.
Forinstance, doctors at Can Tho City General Hospital in the Mekong Delta are nowable to perform open heart surgeries, endoscopies, stent placements andtechniques after learning them from the Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City.
Earlylast week, they implanted pacemakers in two patients 44 and 63 years old. Thepatients, residents of Phong Dien and Ninh Kieu districts, were admitted withheart rates of less than 40 beats per minute compared to normal 60 to 100 beatsper minute.
Moreover,they suffered from bundle branch block, which causes delays and obstructions onthe pathway that sends electrical impulses to the left or the right side of thebottom chambers of heart, leading to regular tiredness, vertigo and sometimes,loss of consciousness.
DrTrinh Thanh Tam of Can Tho City General Hospital’s cardiovascular ward told theTuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that doctors decided to implant pacemakers thatwould work for a long time, providing electrical stimuli as needed to keep thepulse rate normal.
Ifthis was not done, the patients were at risk of suffering a stroke, Tam said,adding that this was a noninvasive technique.
Doctorsat Thong Nhat General Hospital in Dong Nai province have also benefited fromtraining provided by Cho Ray Hospital, enabling them to perform many procedureson their own, including open heart surgeries and other cardiovascularinterventions.
Dr.Pham Van Dung, the hospital’s director, said it was very important to developthe expertise for making timely cardiovascular interventions and ensuring thepatients’ safety.
TheDong Nai newspaper recently quoted the head of the provincial Department ofHealth, Huynh Minh Hoan, as saying that learning and using advanced techniquesand technological developments is a common trend that hospitals all over thecountry have to follow in the coming time.
ThongNhat Hospital in HCM City and Vinh Long province’s General Hospital also signeda five-year (2016-2020) agreement on training the latter’s staff incardiovascular interventions within the period between 2016 and 2020.
Since2013, a Satellite Hospital project has been providing training in advancedtechniques for treating heart diseases to private and public health facilitiesthroughout the country.
Theproject is one of several measures being taken to improve the qualification ofdoctors, especially those at provincial and grassroots levels, according toMedical Examination and Treatment Department under the Health Ministry.
Ina recent conference, Dr Luong Ngoc Khue, the department’s head, said thatresidents in outlying areas now had better access to modern treatment.
Theavailability of modern treatments at more district and provincial hospitals inrecent years helped reduce overcrowding at major central and city-levelhospitals, he said.
Inparticular, the rate of transfer to central and city-level hospitals had fallenby 98.5 percent in patients with heart-related diseases, he added.-VNA
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