Doctors at Binh Dan Hospital perform an endovascular aneurysm repair operation (Photo courtesy of Binh Dan Hospital)HCM City (VNA) - The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City plans to developspecialised hospitals with advanced techniques to meet increased demand forhealth examination and treatment of local residents and foreigners.
Many hospitals in thecity have updated advanced techniques to improve effectiveness of treatment.
HCM City PaediatricsHospital 2, for example, recently performed a successful livertransplant operation on a three-year-old child who had congenital biliaryatresia, a condition in young children in which the bile ducts outside andinside the liver are scarred and blocked.
When she was two and ahalf months old, the hospital performed a Kasai procedure which removed theblocked bile ducts and gallbladder and replaced them with a segment of her ownsmall intestine. However, she developed cirrhosis and needed a livertransplant.
On October 17, doctorsof the hospital’s organ transplant centre performed the operation. This was thehospital’s 12th transplant that used a liver from a living person, according toDepartment of Health.
The Paediatrics Hospital2 is expected to become a centre for organ transplants for children in thesouthern region of the country, the department said.
The Health Department isalso developing facilities specialising in organ transplants for adultpatients, including Cho Ray Hospital, People’s Hospital 115, Gia Dinh People’sHospital, Binh Dan Hospital and Hoan My Hospital.
This is part of abroader city plan to have professional treatment techniques offered at certainhospitals, in addition to a network of hospitals providing primary healthcareservices by 2020.
Under the plan,hospitals specialising in cardiac treatment include Cho Ray Hospital, HeartInstitute, University Medical Centre, Thu Duc District Hospital, People’sHospital 115, Gia Dinh People’s Hospital, Trung Vuong Hospital and Tam DucHeart Hospital.
The department plans todevelop hospitals specialising in other sectors such as oncology, stroke andother ailments.
Developing specialisedtreatment will attract domestic and foreign patients to the city for healthexamination and treatment, according to the Health Department.
This is expected toreduce the number of Vietnamese patients going overseas for treatment.
The city has 114 publicand private hospitals, 318 health stations, 196 private general health clinics,and nearly 6,000 private specialised health clinics.
It has developed anetwork of 25 satellite stations under the City Emergency Aid Centre toimprove effectiveness in first aid and emergency aid for patients and accidentvictims.-VNA
Many hospitals in thecity have updated advanced techniques to improve effectiveness of treatment.
HCM City PaediatricsHospital 2, for example, recently performed a successful livertransplant operation on a three-year-old child who had congenital biliaryatresia, a condition in young children in which the bile ducts outside andinside the liver are scarred and blocked.
When she was two and ahalf months old, the hospital performed a Kasai procedure which removed theblocked bile ducts and gallbladder and replaced them with a segment of her ownsmall intestine. However, she developed cirrhosis and needed a livertransplant.
On October 17, doctorsof the hospital’s organ transplant centre performed the operation. This was thehospital’s 12th transplant that used a liver from a living person, according toDepartment of Health.
The Paediatrics Hospital2 is expected to become a centre for organ transplants for children in thesouthern region of the country, the department said.
The Health Department isalso developing facilities specialising in organ transplants for adultpatients, including Cho Ray Hospital, People’s Hospital 115, Gia Dinh People’sHospital, Binh Dan Hospital and Hoan My Hospital.
This is part of abroader city plan to have professional treatment techniques offered at certainhospitals, in addition to a network of hospitals providing primary healthcareservices by 2020.
Under the plan,hospitals specialising in cardiac treatment include Cho Ray Hospital, HeartInstitute, University Medical Centre, Thu Duc District Hospital, People’sHospital 115, Gia Dinh People’s Hospital, Trung Vuong Hospital and Tam DucHeart Hospital.
The department plans todevelop hospitals specialising in other sectors such as oncology, stroke andother ailments.
Developing specialisedtreatment will attract domestic and foreign patients to the city for healthexamination and treatment, according to the Health Department.
This is expected toreduce the number of Vietnamese patients going overseas for treatment.
The city has 114 publicand private hospitals, 318 health stations, 196 private general health clinics,and nearly 6,000 private specialised health clinics.
It has developed anetwork of 25 satellite stations under the City Emergency Aid Centre toimprove effectiveness in first aid and emergency aid for patients and accidentvictims.-VNA
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