The work is among other components under the first phase of the project to upgrade the Thong Nhat hospital, aiming to make it the leading health-care institution in the region.
In addition, two buildings were built with new examination rooms and 500 more beds at a total cost of over VND493 billion (US$23 million), raising the hospital’s capacity to 1,200 beds.
Attending the ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung praised the efforts hospital staff have undertaken to ensure medical treatment for southern residents over the past 40 years.
He also urged the health sector and localities to work harder to ease patient overloading at big hospitals, in tandem with enhancing service quality by improving facilities and improving the capability of staff.
The Director of Thong Nhat Hospital, Dr. Nguyen Duc Cong said the hospital has successfully treated numerous complicated cases, which required hi-technology application. It is now the leading geriatric centre in southern Vietnam, he said, adding that in the future, the hospital will continue to upgrade the main building and build new facilities for heart-vascular diseases and geriatrics.
