Vinh Transport Hospital celebrates Vietnamese Doctors' Day

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of February 27, Vinh Transport Hospital held a ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day, February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2015.

As a Grade II general hospital, under the Department of Health - Ministry of Transport, with the function of medical examination and treatment for employees of the Transport sector and people in the region, after more than 40 years of construction and development, up to now, Vinh Transport Hospital has built a fairly modern infrastructure system, currently applying 998 technical services, with many modern techniques such as pharco surgery, laparoscopic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology laparoscopic surgery...

A team of well-qualified workers with 16 departments, with 150 beds (bed capacity is always above or below 200 beds). Over the years, with the efforts of the staff, doctors and nurses, the hospital annually examines and treats nearly 56 thousand people, including regular health check-ups for over 8 thousand people, with a treatment rate of 125%. Revenue from hospital fees is about 44.5 billion VND, accounting for 82% of operating costs.

Art performance at the celebration of Vietnamese Doctors' Day

The hospital also has the largest artificial kidney center in Nghe An province with over 10 years of effective operation (average flow of 150 patients on periodic dialysis and 25 machines always running 3-4 shifts/day); is a leading unit in health care for the elderly and disabled; actively participates in epidemic prevention work, strengthens the grassroots medical network for 51 medical facilities inside and outside the transport sector; actively participates in social work such as medical examination and free medicine for disabled people in neighboring wards and communes; coordinates with the local health sector to participate in storm and flood prevention, disease prevention, etc.

With the results achieved, in the past year, the Party Committee of Vinh Transport Hospital achieved the title of Party Committee that completed its tasks well, the hospital achieved good grade, the general planning department and the surgery department of the hospital were awarded certificates of merit by the Ministry of Transport.

The anniversary ceremony is an opportunity for generations of hospital staff and doctors to review the tradition of the medical sector over the past 60 years. Imbued with and deeply remembering Uncle Ho's teaching "a good doctor is like a mother", the medical team of Vinh Transport Hospital always strives to overcome difficulties, step by step mastering science and technology, caring for and protecting people's health. The hospital's goal for the period 2015-2020 is to build a 200-bed hospital, with modern equipment, high-quality resources, meeting the standards of a grade 1 hospital in the North Central region.

Dinh Nguyet