Cua Dong General Hospital: Investing in modern equipment for medical examination and treatment

(Baonghean) - In order to provide high-quality medical services and advanced methods to meet the needs of specialized medical examination and treatment, Cua Dong General Hospital is always at the forefront of applying the most advanced medical technology in the world, investing in many modern equipments, ensuring international standards to serve the examination and treatment of patients.

Investing in modern, synchronous medical equipment

To optimally support diagnosis and treatment, Cua Dong General Hospital has recently invested in a 128-slice CT Scanner - one of the most modern CT scanner generations in the world today. Unlike conventional CT Scanners, the 128-slice CT Scanner has a multi-array probe structure, the fastest rotation time is 0.35 seconds on a slice thickness of only 0.625mm, so 128 slices can be collected simultaneously.

Operating a 128-slice CT scanner with many outstanding advantages. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

The resolution of the machine can reach 0.24mm, allowing the detection of lesions as small as a few mm in size. Thanks to that, the machine can detect more clearly and completely multiple trauma areas, supporting the diagnosis of abdominal inflammatory diseases or other body part injuries that cannot be detected by ultrasound and X-ray.

128-slice CT scanner allows detection of small lesions. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Doctor CKI Bui Van Cuong - Head of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cua Dong General Hospital said: Currently, the hospital has put into use a 128-slice CT Scanner to help patients with cardiovascular diseases detect early arterial diseases by non-invasive methods such as coronary arteries, cerebral arteries, arteries of abdominal organs.

In addition, it supports the detection of internal tumors (stomach, colon, uterus, prostate); trauma to patients in the emergency department in difficult-to-control and uncooperative conditions. Through this, we recommend that patients with cardiovascular symptoms should pay attention to timely examination and early detection to help the treatment be effective.

The Oriental Medicine Department is equipped with synchronous machines to serve patients in rehabilitation exercises. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Along with that, the hospital has invested in synchronous, modern medical equipment combining high technology serving in the field of diagnostic imaging such as: CT Scanner (128 slices), 1 CT Scanner (16 slices); 2 Japanese MRI machines (0.4T); 3 American digital X-ray machines; 6 color ultrasound machines; 4 gastroscopy-colon-rectal endoscopes; 1 extracorporeal lithotripsy machine; 2 retrograde laser lithotripsy machines, 1 high-pressure oxygen treatment chamber, electrocardiogram machine, electroencephalogram machine, ultrasound machine to measure osteoporosis...

The hospital's departments and rooms are equipped with modern machinery. For example, the laboratory system can perform most of the functions that provincial and central hospitals are using (American Cobas 6000 biochemistry and immunology analyzer; Japanese AU400 biochemistry analyzer; French molecular biology analyzer; Japanese fully automatic hematology analyzer...). The hospital currently has 5 one-way positive pressure operating rooms designed according to international standards to ensure absolute sterility.

Application of advanced technology in medical examination and treatment

For example, at the Emergency Resuscitation Department, where patients requiring emergency treatment are admitted, the department is equipped with a modern system of equipment, ensuring care and treatment such as: control beds, nitrogen systems installed at each bed, new ventilators, compressed air oxygen systems fixed on the wall, central monitoring cameras, and bedside alarms.

According to Dr. Trinh Xuan Trung - Head of the Emergency Resuscitation Department: The equipment system at the department has actively supported the team of doctors in handling emergencies promptly and accurately, while also helping to monitor and care for patients better.

Currently, the Emergency Department has applied modern techniques in emergency treatment of serious cases such as: pleural effusion, stroke, traumatic brain injury, etc.

Techniques previously only available at central hospitals such as: brain and spine surgery, total and partial hip replacement surgery, bone fusion surgery under fluoroscopy, endoscopic surgery for abdominal diseases... are now performed smoothly by the hospital's doctors.

The hospital's Emergency Resuscitation Department is equipped with an oxygen and compressed air system to improve the effectiveness of emergency patient treatment. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

The hospital is one of the first medical units in Nghe An to deploy cancer screening techniques and is being performed routinely. In addition, the application of endoscopic surgery to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee using autologous tendons; retrograde endoscopic lithotripsy using lasers... brings high efficiency. Thereby increasing the cure rate of dangerous cases, avoiding the need for hospital transfer, transfer to other hospitals, saving treatment costs for patients.

With the goal of building a model of "hospital attached to hotel", a safe and friendly environment with increasingly improved quality of medical examination and treatment, aiming at patient satisfaction, Cua Dong General Hospital aims to continue to focus on investing in equipment, applying new techniques while constantly improving the expertise, qualifications and depth of each field for the team of doctors and medical staff.

Dinh Nguyet