Nghe An General Friendship Hospital strives to become a special-class hospital

Over the past year, Nghe An General Hospital of Friendship was visited and worked by the Minister of Health, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, and the Director of the Department of Health, who concluded that it was necessary to build the Hospital into a special-class general hospital by 2025.

Also in the year, the Hospital successfully organized the 105th anniversary celebration of the Hospital's tradition, with the participation of leaders of the Ministry of Health, Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, Central Hospitals, universities, medical units nationwide and the Hospital was highly appreciated for its proud achievements over the past 105 years.

Regarding technical expertise development, for the first time the Hospital has consulted and successfully implemented the technique of taking and transplanting multiple organs from brain-dead donors with the coordination and support of the National Organ Transplant Coordination Center, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, Hue Central Hospital, etc.

Up to now, the Hospital has implemented nearly 11,000 techniques in the list of technical specialties in medical examination and treatment divided by central and provincial levels, of which 90% of the techniques at the central level have been performed, with many high-level, specialized techniques, typically: Organ transplantation, IVF, coronary artery bypass surgery, ECMO technique implementation, command hypothermia...

Faced with the common difficulties and challenges of the entire health sector, Nghe An General Hospital has proactively developed a plan to bid for drugs, consumables, chemicals, and medical equipment according to Decree 07/2023/ND-CP, Resolution 30/NQ-CP and Circular 14/2023/TT-BYT. Typical is the investment in modern and synchronous equipment such as MRI 3.0; 512 CT scanner with artificial intelligence software and a number of equipment serving specialized fields such as: Cardiology, stroke, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology... using artificial intelligence in diagnosis and treatment to ensure good medical examination and treatment for the people.

Along with the implementation of new, high-tech, and specialized techniques, the Hospital has focused on innovation, breakthroughs, and initially successfully implemented digital transformation, applied in payment of medical examination and treatment costs, through forms such as: QR code, ATM card, bank transfer, online medical examination registration.

Besides, the good implementation of the plan for autonomy in regular and investment budgets has not only ensured stability but also created new momentum for hospital development.

Nghe An General Hospital continues to be the leading unit in scientific research in the province, with 17 Creative Science Awards 2020 - 2023; the second time winning the Diamond Award certified by the World Stroke Association. During the year, the Hospital successfully organized 02 national scientific conferences: Liver, Bile, Pancreas Conference and Neurosurgery Conference; in collaboration with universities, successfully organized 06 level I and level II specialist training courses in Nghe An.

To meet the requirements of development and improvement of the organizational structure, during the year, the hospital established 5 new specialized units based on departments and centers and 3 management consulting units in specialized management fields in the hospital to ensure legality and investment and procurement processes.

At the same time, the hospital also expands comprehensive foreign cooperation, develops training plans, receives technical transfer from central hospitals, university hospitals, and specialized hospitals for all specialized techniques according to Decision 3304/BYT on special-class hospitals.

In the work of disease prevention, Nghe An General Hospital has coordinated with medical units in the industry to excellently complete the work of disease prevention and control. Together with the national health system, it has done a good job of transferring the status of COVID-19 from group A infectious disease to group B, which has been highly appreciated by the health sector and Nghe An province.

In 2023, the hospital will continue to do well in social security work and repay gratitude. The total amount of money that hospital officials, civil servants and employees donated to social security funds is more than 1 billion VND; support and visit families with meritorious services to the revolution, heroic Vietnamese mothers in the whole province; support the construction of 8 gratitude houses; care for and share with poor patients treated at the hospital; support officials, civil servants and employees in difficult circumstances to have the opportunity to rise up in life. In particular, 100% funding support for organ donation from brain-dead donors is provided by the hospital's social security fund.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Huong - Party Committee Secretary, Director of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital: 2024 is a special year with many important meanings for the Hospital. This is the year to reach the finish line in implementing the Resolution of the 27th Congress for the 2020-2025 term of the Hospital Party Committee; is the 3rd year of implementing Decision 1670/2021/QD-BYT on assigning the final line task to Nghe An General Friendship Hospital; is the year of implementing the action program of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee on developing Nghe An General Friendship Hospital into a special-class hospital.

With the determination to successfully carry out the assigned tasks, the staff, civil servants and employees of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital will continue to innovate and make efforts; promote exemplary responsibility, discipline, solidarity, integration, professionalism... to build a hospital that develops in all aspects, affirms its specialized hospital, strives to become the leading unit in the North Central region and become a special-class hospital by 2025; making an important contribution to the socio-economic development, protecting and caring for people's health./.