The 15-storey building, covering 1,570 square metres of land, accommodates the departments of image analysis, biochemistry, microbiology and pathology, operating rooms, and the surgical emergency ward which includes 250 patient beds.
The inauguration marked the completion of phase I of a project on upgrading the hospital.
The project was approved by the Ministry of Health in 2009 and was carried out at a cost of over VND 498 billion (US$22.4 billion) funded through Government bonds.
At the ceremony, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said she hopes the new building will improve local healthcare services, helping to ease overloading at hospitals in big cities and reduce patients’ medical expenses.
Following the inauguration, the health ministry’s officials visited patients and planted commemorative trees in the hospitals campus.
