At the inauguration ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen noted the centre would help to reduce overcrowding at central hospitals by giving local residents access to high-quality health check-ups and examinations at the centre.
Deputy Minister Xuyen said the provincial health sector should give more training to medical workers, apply information technology to its operations and improve the manner of medical workers administering health check-ups to patients.
Construction of the specialised technical centre commenced on February 22, 2010, with a total investment of VND450 billion (US$20 million) funded by government bonds and the provincial budget.
The centre has 11 floors and a ground floor, comprising of a total area of nearly 42,000sq.m.
Due to the construction of the centre, Bac Ninh General Hospital can develop key specialities such as cardiovascular disease treatment, early cancer diagnosis and blood filtering procedures.
