Northwest Regional General Hospital received the Third Class Labor Medal

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of September 13, the Northwest Regional General Hospital celebrated its 55th anniversary and received the Third Class Labor Medal. Attending the ceremony were Ms. Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Dr. Le Quy Tuong - Deputy Head of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management, Director of the Provincial Health System Strengthening Project - Ministry of Health, along with leaders of the Department of Health and representatives of medical units in the whole province.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh awarded the Third Class Labor Medal of the President to the Northwest Regional General Hospital.

Established in 1959 under the name of Phu Quy Friendship Hospital, at that time the hospital only had 50 beds with 28 staff, workers and employees, the main task was to treat and eliminate malaria and entropion according to the policy of the Ministry of Health. After 55 years of establishment and development, the hospital now has 250 beds with 283 staff, including 60 doctors and 21 departments. Currently, the hospital has been implementing a series of new and modern techniques such as: endoscopic surgery of all kinds, endoscopic intervention of the digestive tract, Phaco surgery...

Each year, the hospital receives and treats about 100,000 outpatients, more than 20,000 inpatients, and performs about 3,500-4,000 surgeries from type I to type III. Administrative procedures and working methods are reformed to reduce inconvenience for patients; patient classification, automatic calling and conclusion, and improvement of paraclinical results; all reception and medical examination areas have medical staff. In the first 6 months of 2014, the hospital has successfully deployed emergency blood filtration techniques, periodic artificial kidney filtration, neonatal mechanical ventilation, neonatal jaundice blood exchange, flexible colonoscopy, etc. Currently, the Northwest Regional General Hospital is one of the first hospitals nationwide to build processes according to 50 JCI international standards on improving hospital quality and patient safety.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the results that the hospital has achieved in the past time, and at the same time hoped that in the coming time, the team of doctors, officers and employees of the hospital will continue to overcome difficulties to complete their tasks well, becoming a reliable address for the people of the district and neighboring areas in terms of health care.

On this occasion, on behalf of the delegation, Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh awarded the Third Class Labor Medal and the Emulation Flag of the Prime Minister to the Northwest Regional General Hospital.

Thu Thuy

Provincial Information and Education Center