Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee directly inspected the construction project of Xieng Khouang Provincial Friendship Hospital (Laos)

On the afternoon of April 6, during the visit and working program in Xieng Khouang province (Laos), comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province and comrades in the working delegation visited and inspected the construction progress of the Xieng Khouang Provincial Friendship Hospital project.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province and other members of the working delegation visited and inspected the construction progress of the Xieng Khouang Provincial Friendship Hospital project in Xieng Khouang province. Photo: Pham Bang

Reporting to Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung, representative of the Project Management Board said that the investment project to build Xieng Khouang Provincial Friendship Hospital (Laos) was approved by the Lao Government in Decision No. 032 dated June 2, 2017 with a total investment of more than 497,245 billion VND.

This is the official development assistance capital of the Vietnamese Government for the Lao Government, assigned to Nghe An province as the investor. Of which, the value of construction, consulting and other expenses is nearly 332 billion VND; the value of medical equipment is nearly 133 billion VND; the value of human resource training is more than 17.3 billion VND.

Project Management Board representative reports on construction progress and proposals and recommendations. Photo: Pham Bang

The project has a scale of 200 hospital beds on a construction area of ​​2.8 hectares. To date, the project has completed 100% of the construction volume and has basically been handed over to the user unit. Regarding medical equipment, 163/187 categories have been completed, installed at the construction site and instructed on use 3 times, and are being handed over to the user unit. The remaining 24 categories are expected to be completed and handed over before September 2023.

However, the human resources sent for training by Xieng Khouang Provincial Friendship Hospital have not been arranged in time according to the training plan for the period 2017-2021 approved in Decision 909 dated March 28, 2019 of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee. Up to now, only 19/124 people have been trained, of which long-term training has reached 10/34 people and short-term training has reached 9/90 people.

Comrade Bounchan Sivongphan - Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Secretary and Governor of Xieng Khouang province spoke at the inspection session. Photo: Pham Bang

The project owner proposed that the Lao Government support additional hospital operating costs and have a plan to increase high-quality human resources to help Xieng Khouang Provincial Friendship Hospital receive and operate the hospital. On the Vietnamese side, it is recommended that the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of National Defense send a working group consisting of doctors and technicians from central hospitals to support Xieng Khouang Hospital in receiving equipment and operating the hospital.

The project owner also requested Xieng Khouang Provincial Hospital to be more active in receiving and handing over the project for use; to be more active in sending staff to Nghe An for training according to the plan agreed upon between the two provinces; to send staff to receive techniques transferred through the method of hand-holding from a group of Vietnamese experts.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province requested the Project Management Board to promptly complete the contents and strive to inaugurate the project on schedule. Photo: Pham Bang

Nghe An province commits to sending a delegation of officials to guide the hospital to proficiently use medical equipment and operate the hospital, and to continue training staff for you in Nghe An when you have human resources and if Xieng Khouang requests.

Speaking at the inspection, Comrade Bunchan Sivongphan - Secretary and Governor of Xieng Khouang Province thanked the Party, State and people of Vietnam for their affection, support and assistance to Xieng Khouang province.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province directly inspected the project items. Photo: Pham Bang

Xieng Khouang Friendship Hospital is invested with modern equipment system. Photo: Pham Bang

The Secretary and Governor of Xieng Khouang Province hopes that the Vietnamese Government in general and Nghe An Province in particular will continue to help and support the necessary contents so that the project can be handed over and put into operation soon, meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of the people of Xieng Khouang Province.

After listening to the report, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized that this is a very meaningful project, a gift from the Party, State and people of Vietnam to the people of Xieng Khouang province. After completion, handover and operation, it will serve the medical examination and treatment needs of the people of Xieng Khouang province.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested the Project Management Board to promptly complete the contents according to the minutes between the two countries. Photo: Pham Bang

Xieng Khouang Friendship Hospital has been invested with nearly 133 billion VND in medical equipment. Photo: Pham Bang

Xieng Khouang Friendship Hospital project is expected to be inaugurated on May 19, 2023. Photo: Pham Bang

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that, up to this point, the main contents of the project have been completed, basically meeting the requirements. Some contents that have not been completed have been recorded between the two sides, the Project Management Board needs to urgently complete them, ensuring progress to inaugurate the project on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday in May 2023.