Synchronous and sustainable development

With directives, resolutions, projects, decisions and plans of the provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee on health care, as well as the efforts, innovation and dynamism of the medical staff, units in the sector have completed health development goals, with people's health indicators increasingly improving.

At the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the Bac Giang provincial People's Committee and Bach Mai Hospital.

From budgets at all levels and other mobilized capital sources, in the past five years, the province has spent over 2.6 trillion VND (106.7 million USD) building medical works and 401.7 billion VND (16.5 million USD) purchasing equipment. In the last three years alone, Bac Giang has invested in building spacious and modern medical facilities, better meeting the public health care needs.

Technical development has been paid attention to by all hospitals and medical centers, focusing on in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques, continuous hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, cerebral and visceral vascular interventions, coronary stent placement, joint replacement, and radiotherapy.

The successful implementation of many cutting-edge techniques has helped people gain easy and convenient access to modern, high-tech techniques, creating trust among patients and attracting them to use the services, gradually better meeting the people’s needs for medical examination and treatment.

Doctors deploy assisted reproductive technology at Bac Giang Women’s and Children Hospital.

During a recent working session in Bac Giang province, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan spoke highly of the comprehensive development of the province's health sector.

Strengthening technical development cooperation

The province has paid special attention to strengthening connections with higher-level hospitals, and signed cooperation agreements with many hospitals and universities to train and improve professional capacity for local medical staff.

Recently, the provincial People's Committee signed a cooperation programme with Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital, who committed to supporting the province in training to improve the quality of medical human resources, scientific research, and technology transfer to serve people's health care. Bach Mai Hospital will give advice and support to the province in orienting the development of the local medical network for the 2023-2030 period.

Since 2013, Bac Giang province has implemented the Satellite Hospital Project in such specialties as obstetrics, pediatrics, oncology, surgery, trauma, cardiology, and endocrinology. Hospitals in the province are satellite hospitals of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Children’s Hospital, Viet Duc Hospital, Bach Mai Hospital, Heart Hospital, Vietnam National Cancer Hospital, and National Hospital of Endocrinology.

The expanded Luc Ngan district Medical Center.

Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Director of the Department of Health, said that the sector’s focus is to continue to consolidate and synchronously develop human resources, facilities and equipment; while ensuring sufficient drugs and medical supplies.

“We assign provincial-level hospitals and district medical centers to develop new techniques every year, striving to have all nine district-level units conduct artificial kidney technology by 2024,” she said.

The department proposed the Ministry of Health upgrade the provincial General Hospital into a hospital in the northern midland and mountainous region to continue to modernize facilities and equipment and increase operational capacity, meeting health care needs of people in the province and other localities in the region. It will step up administrative reform and digital transformation, and raise people's satisfaction index when using health care services.

The province aims to make its health sector a bright spot of the country, gradually turning Bac Giang into a high-quality medical center of the northeastern region.

Vietnamese, Taiwanese firms seek partnership in medical technology, equipment

The “2023 Wow! Taiwan Project - Health Tech Business Matchmaking Event” was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12, drawing more than 60 businesses from Vietnam and Taiwan (China) and witnessing the signing of a variety of cooperation deals.

Bac Giang helps Xaysomboun province (Laos) train medical staff

BAC GIANG – The Department of Health in Bac Giang on August 21 held a meeting with medical staff from Xaysomboun province (Laos) who came for professional study in the province.

Vietnamese doctors offer free medical check-ups, medicines for people in Cambodia

Medical workers from the Ho Chi Minh City Charity Association, donors, and authorities in Koh Khsach Tonlea commune, Sa'Ang district, Cambodia’s Kandal province on June 17 gave free medical check-ups and medicines for about 800 local people.

University Medical Centre successfully implements minimally invasive pulmonary valve replacement

Doctors at the University Medical Centre in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully performed transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement on patients with congenital heart disease.

Giving initiatives to improve medical service quality

(BGO)- In response to the emulation movement of creative labour, a number of scientific reseach projects have been effectively implemented and applied by health officials and practitioners in the hospitals in northern province of Bac Giang contributing to improving healthcare quality.