Vinh Medical University Hospital was established under Decision No. 2808/QD-UBND dated July 5, 2018 of the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on the basis of upgrading Vinh Medical University General Clinic (established on January 23, 2008). The hospital is a public health service unit with autonomy in regular expenditure and investment (Group I), directly under Vinh Medical University, with independent accounting and revenue, legal status, its own seal and account. The hospital has the function of serving training, scientific research, receiving and transferring medical advances, and training skills for the teaching staff. The hospital's mission is to examine and treat people to serve training, scientific research and other tasks according to the hospital regulations of the Ministry of Health.
With a history of 15 years of formation and development (2008 - 2023), especially after 5 years of establishment of the hospital (2018 - 2023), as a group I autonomous unit, although there are still many problems in terms of policy mechanisms, legal corridors... the hospital has gradually stabilized and developed its organizational structure, personnel and especially developed technical expertise to meet the requirements of assigned functions and tasks: General hospital, planned scale of 150 beds.
The hospital has completed its organizational structure, including: Board of Directors, 5 functional departments, 11 clinical departments, 4 paraclinical departments - Pharmacy. Currently, the hospital has 150 people, including: 55 doctors (including 2 associate professors, 7 PhDs, 5 CKII doctors, 24 masters/CKI doctors, ...); 74 nurses: (8 masters, 25 university graduates; ...); 8 pharmacists: (2 masters, 2 university pharmacists, 4 college pharmacists) and 14 administrative staff (1 PhD, 5 masters, 8 university). The hospital uses facilities located on the campus of Vinh Medical University, with an area of 3600m2, including 3 buildings: 9-storey building: Arrangement of examination department, X-ray department, inpatient treatment departments; 4-storey building: Arrangement of examination department, paraclinical testing department and administrative department; 2-storey building: Arrangement of infection control department and pharmacy department.
In order to continuously improve the quality of medical examination and treatment for the people, the hospital always pays attention to developing technical expertise, exploiting advanced techniques in diagnosis and treatment. In addition to the existing equipment, the hospital annually invests in purchasing additional equipment from the hospital's own budget to meet the needs of medical examination and treatment for the people. Currently, the hospital is basically equipped with essential equipment and some modern high-tech equipment (32-slice CT scanner, digital X-ray machine, DEXA bone density meter, immunoassay machine, Holter electrocardiogram machine, pulse wave velocity meter to detect peripheral artery disease...) to meet the needs of medical examination and treatment, training, teaching and scientific research. Up to now, the hospital has basically implemented over 90% of the approved technical list, examined and treated effectively, with quality that is trusted and chosen by the people and patients, saving many cases of serious illness in the resuscitation department, bringing life, joy and happiness to many families and society.
Currently, the hospital has performed most of the techniques in the specialties, such as: Laparoscopic surgery of the abdomen, digestive system, and urology; obstetrics and gynecology (removal of ovarian cysts, ruptured ectopic pregnancies, etc.); endoscopic surgery of the ear, nose, and throat (nasal sinus surgery, ear bone surgery, tympanic membrane repair, etc.); orthopedic surgery, maxillofacial aesthetics, cleft lip and palate surgery, etc.; surgery of all types of trauma, bone fusion of all types, especially performing advanced techniques, such as hip and knee replacement surgery, etc.; Implementing effective emergency resuscitation and artificial kidney, with nearly 60 patients (including children and adults) undergoing routine artificial kidney dialysis every day (3 shifts/day) to ensure safety; continuing to effectively perform the technique of treating knee osteoarthritis with platelet-rich plasma.
Notably, there are many techniques at the Central level such as hip and knee replacement, treatment of osteoarthritis with platelet-rich plasma combined with mesenchymal stem cells from autologous adipose tissue and many techniques at grade I and grade II hospitals. On average, every year there are more than 75,000 people coming to the hospital for examination and treatment, over 2,000 surgeries of all kinds, over 200,000 tests of all kinds, 60-100 new techniques developed, including many techniques at the upper level...
At the same time, Vinh Medical University Hospital is currently a practice facility serving the training of Vinh Medical University. Every year, the hospital welcomes over 2,000 students of Vinh Medical University for clinical practice, subject practice, graduation practice and hundreds of students to practice skills in continuous training courses such as basic ultrasound, ENT endoscopy, patient care, infection control, etc.
In addition, the hospital also promotes scientific research, every year the hospital has 5-10 basic-level scientific topics; there are 2 provincial-level scientific topics: "Topic on treating knee osteoarthritis with platelet-rich plasma combined with mesenchymal stem cells from autologous adipose tissue" and Topic on treating osteoporosis effectively applied at the hospital. The hospital is researching the provincial-level topic: "Application of mineral water with high concentration of carbon dioxide in supporting the treatment of atopic dermatitis and wound healing" and a number of other valuable topics. In addition, the hospital is also a place for school lecturers, students, and trainees to carry out scientific research topics in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, hospital management and is also a place where lecturers actively work, practice and improve their professional skills to serve teaching.
Not only does the hospital perform well the examination and treatment tasks at the unit, it also pays special attention to developing high-quality human resources. The hospital pays great attention to the quality of its staff, sending them to train CK1 doctors in various specialties, CK1 nurses, and specialized training. Currently, the hospital has Associate Professors, Doctors, CK2 doctors, experts in a number of fields, and 8 excellent doctors working. Through the hospital quality assessment at the end of 2022 by the Nghe An Department of Health, the hospital achieved 3.34/5 according to the Vietnamese Hospital Quality Assessment Criteria prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
In the process of winning the trust of the people, Vinh Medical University Hospital has determined to change its professional development strategy by promoting domestic and international cooperation. The hospital cooperates in providing technical support with provincial hospitals, large university hospitals, especially signing a cooperation agreement in training and technology transfer in the field of cardiovascular with Chonnam National University Hospital - Korea.
The hospital also does a good job in social work, responding to the movement for the poor. Every year, the hospital organizes charity medical examinations and treatments in disadvantaged areas to examine and provide free medicine to thousands of children, policy families, and the poor in districts such as Que Phong, Quy Chau, Con Cuong, Thanh Chuong, policy beneficiaries in Nam Dan district, Vinh city... The hospital has established a fund for medical examination and treatment for the poor worth nearly 300 million VND to support poor patients when they come to the hospital for examination and treatment. Especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite being severely affected by the epidemic, the hospital still maintains its operations and develops; The hospital has participated in epidemic prevention in Binh Duong, organized screening, rapid testing to detect Covid-19, participated in vaccination for people, school staff and students with more than 10,000 vaccinations, and supported Vinh City Medical Center to vaccinate many wards and communes.
In addition to medical examination and treatment and scientific research, the hospital also cares about the lives of its workers. During the 2 years of the epidemic, although it was very difficult and seemed impossible to survive, the hospital still ensured salaries and income for workers and school lecturers working at the hospital.
From the successes of 15 years of construction and development, the staff and doctors of Vinh Medical University Hospital will continue to promote the spirit of solidarity, proactiveness and creativity in performing professional tasks; constantly improve the quality of medical examination and treatment at the hospital; develop human resources; innovate service style, spirit and attitude towards patient satisfaction. At the same time, perfect the organizational structure, promote the initiative and creativity of the financial mechanism of the autonomous public service unit of group I, strive to meet the standards of a class II hospital, with a scale of 250 beds, with high-quality human resources with sufficient talent and virtue, modern equipment... to meet the needs and improve the quality of medical examination and treatment for the people so that patients can choose; at the same time, it is a good practice facility for lecturers and students of Vinh Medical University, contributing to improving the quality of medical staff training for the region and the whole country.
