10 achievements of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital in the period 2020 - 2022

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary and provincial leaders presented gifts to officers and staff of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital on the front line of the fight against the epidemic. Photo: Document

1. COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL:Intensive Care Center No. 1 and Tropical Disease Center received 4,585 severe and critical patients, cured 4,308 patients, and performed emergency surgery on 325 patients. Field Hospital No. 8 of the province (byNghe An General Friendship HospitalIn over 5 months of operation, the hospital has cured 7,085 patients... Participating in the province's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the hospital has administered over 31,900 COVID-19 vaccinations.

2. DEVELOPING MANY HIGH-ADVANCED, SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUES:Currently, the hospital has performed 10,969 technical categories, belonging to many specialties and fields. Among them, there are manyhigh-techsuch as: Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy, liver resection, total gastrectomy with complete mechanical connection, laparoscopic esophageal tumor resection, specialized laparoscopic surgery in digestive surgery, laparoscopic hepatobiliary surgery, nerve plexus microsurgery, spinal endoscopic surgery, brain tumor endoscopic surgery, pelvic floor endoscopic surgery, electromagnetic urinary lithotripsy, IVF technique, kidney transplant, stem cell transplant, heart-lung ECMO technique, aortic replacement surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, open heart surgery, cardiovascular intervention, cerebrovascular intervention... The hospital also received the transfer of many new techniques such as: Stent Graft placement, directed hypothermia in the resuscitation specialty, hemofiltration, continuous hemofiltration with special filters...

Performing a kidney transplant for a patient at Nghe An General Friendship Hospital. Photo: Document

3. COMPLETE ORGANIZATION AND IMPLEMENT TRAINING:To meet the development needs and the needs of patients, the Hospital is constantly improving its organizational structure. Currently, the hospital has 61 departments, rooms, and affiliated centers, an increase of 3 clinical departments compared to 2020.

In 3 years (2020-2022), the Hospital has sent 4,803 staff to participate in high-level professional training, training and short-term training. Of which, 68 PhDs/Specialist II; 130 Masters/Specialist I; 2 resident doctors; 22 people to transfer to university.

4. IMPROVING MEDICAL ETHICS AND HOSPITAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT:Through inspection and quality assessment by the Department of Health, the hospital quality score (according to the Vietnamese Hospital Quality Criteria version 2.0 issued by the Ministry of Health) has been continuously improved every year. In 2022, it reached a score of 4.04 (in 2020 it reached 3.89)... Through surveys, the patient satisfaction rate for the hospital in recent years has always reached over 93%.

The hospital is recognized by the Ministry of Health as a final-level hospital in terms of technical expertise in medical examination and treatment in the North Central region. Photo: Thanh Cuong

5. INVESTMENT IN FULL SYNCHRONIZED EQUIPMENT SYSTEM:Currently, the Hospital has more than 710 types of specialized medical equipment, including many high-tech equipment.

Specifically, the Paraclinical and Diagnostic Imaging System (1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine, 03 CT scanner systems, 02 single-plane digital subtraction angiography (DSA) systems, 5 KTS X-ray systems, 24 ultrasound systems of various types, 5 diagnostic endoscopy rigs, 10 endoscopic surgery rigs); Testing system (Real Time PCR automatic extraction testing system, gene sequencing system, semi-automatic chromosome mapping system, gel electrophoresis system; fully automatic hematology, coagulation, blood typing analysis system, COBAS 6000, COBAS 8000 automatic testing system, AU680 ISE automatic biochemical testing system, Clinitek Novus/Simens fully automatic urine testing machine...); Resuscitation system (2 heart-lung ECMO systems, 1 command hypothermia system, 142 ventilators, 4 continuous blood filtration machines, 115 monitors, defibrillators, artificial kidney machines).

The hospital is planning to invest in additional 3.0 Tesla Magnetic Resonance system, 512-slice CT scan, Navigation Neuronavigation and other special equipment to meet the needs of medical examination and treatment.

Nghe An General Friendship Hospital and Vietnam - Germany Friendship Hospital signed a memorandum of understanding on conditions for transferring liver and heart transplant techniques. Photo: Thanh Chung

6. ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH:In the years 2020-2022, scientific research work continues to be promoted by Nghe An General Hospital. The number of topics and initiatives is constantly increasing. In 2022, the Hospital carried out 93 basic-level scientific research topics; 14 provincial-level initiatives and topics; 31 scientific articles... Currently, the Hospital is carrying out 1 ministerial-level topic and 1 state-level topic.

7. LINE MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:Implementing the satellite hospital projects, remote examination and treatment, the Hospital continuously supports and transfers technology to lower levels. Maintains the organization of online meetings and training activities from the Hospital with a frequency of 2 sessions/week to all public and non-public medical examination and treatment facilities in the area. In addition, the hospital also actively supports the development of technical expertise for Xieng Khouang General Hospital (Lao People's Democratic Republic).

Doctors from Nghe An General Hospital provide technical guidance to doctors from Xieng Khouang province. Photo: Document

The hospital currently has a close cooperation program with Poland, the United States, Japan and South Korea. In the coming time, it will strengthen cooperation with ASEAN countries and Asia-Pacific countries in staff training, technology transfer and equipment.

8. CONVENIENT FACILITIES:Nghe An General Friendship Hospital has a total area of ​​96,702 m². Of which, area A is 74,848.5 m²; Nghe An General Hospital Friendship Joint Stock Company (area B) is 2,853 m². The facilities are constantly being built and renovated. This is a favorable condition for the Hospital to develop comprehensively, worthy of being the final hospital of the North Central region, striving to become a Special-class hospital.

Leaders of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital presented gifts to poor people affected by natural disasters in Ky Son district. Photo: Thanh Chung

9. NUMBER OF PATIENTS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT INCREASED:In 2022, Nghe An General Hospital welcomed 372,117 patients for medical examination; an increase compared to 2020 (364,205) and 2021 (307,015). The number of patients undergoing treatment also increased with 121,487, an increase of 120% compared to 2020. The total number of surgeries reached an all-time high of 24,937, of which the laparoscopic surgery rate was 21.5%... The increase in the number of patients for medical examination and treatment shows that more and more patients trust the quality of medical examination and treatment at the hospital.

10. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:In 3 years (2020-2022), the unit's financial resources reached nearly 2,916 billion VND; of which: Regular operating expenses were 2,070 billion VND; Regular expenses not assigned autonomously were nearly 91 billion VND; Difference between revenue and expenditure was: 751 billion VND; Distribution of financial results from fund allocations was: 720 billion VND. With that growth rate in the coming time, Nghe An General Hospital is enough to ensure development in both scale and quality with spacious infrastructure, modern equipment, improving the quality of medical examination and treatment./.