Inauguration of the 700-bed Friendship General Hospital

(Baonghean.vn)- On May 15, 2014, Nghe An General Hospital with 700 beds officially came into operation, marking a new step of development in the province's health sector.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Phan Dinh Trac, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Health, leaders of departments and offices under the Ministry of Health, Major General Nguyen Sy Hoi, Deputy Commander of Military Region 4; Nguyen Thien, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province. On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Tran Hong Chau, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Nguyen Xuan Duong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of provincial-level departments, branches, districts, cities in the province, generations of cadres, hospital leaders through the periods and people of Vinh city.

Panorama of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital 700 beds.

Delegates attending the ceremony.

Nghe An General Friendship Hospital, formerly Vinh Hospital, has a history of more than 100 years of development. Having gone through different historical periods, located in many different localities and playing a very important role in taking care of people's health, is the final hospital of Nghe An province.

Performances by hospital staff, doctors and nurses.

Faced with the current situation of the old hospital being overloaded and seriously degraded, in 2003, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee of Nghe An province and related departments and branches established a project to build Nghe An General Hospital with a scale of 700 beds. In 2004, the project was approved. In 2006, the project's construction items were officially deployed. By 2014, the Hospital was officially completed and put into operation in May, to celebrate Uncle Ho's birthday.

This is a grade 1 provincial hospital with 700 beds and modern equipment. When in operation, the hospital will have 47 departments and rooms, with a total investment of 1,191 billion VND, meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of people in Nghe An, Ha Tinh provinces and Laos, contributing significantly to reducing the burden on central hospitals.

Minister of Health speaks at the ceremony.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the 700-bed Friendship General Hospital, comrade Nguyen Thi Kim Tien affirmed that the inauguration of phase 1 of the hospital is of great importance, helping the people of Nghe An as well as the North Central provinces and neighboring Laos access high-quality medical techniques, contributing to reducing the burden on central hospitals. In the coming time, the Nghe An health sector needs to continue to promote training of medical human resources, develop the grassroots health network, and promote socialization plans. Improve the quality of medical examination and treatment, improve medical ethics, associated with studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh. Carry out administrative reforms, reduce inconvenience for people,...

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong spoke at the ceremony.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, said that with the characteristics of a large, populous province, the center of the North Central region, in recent years, Nghe An has had many achievements in developing the health sector. The operation of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital Phase 1 not only meets the needs of people inside and outside the province, Laos but also helps the health sector of Nghe An build and develop the health sector in a synchronous manner, gradually modernize, and form a high-quality health center of the region as Resolution 26 of the Politburo.

Doctor Nguyen Danh Linh - Hospital Director reported on the project implementation process.

Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate Nghe An General Friendship Hospital phase 1.

Delegates broke ground on phase 2 of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital with a scale of 600 beds.

Video clip of inauguration of 700-bed General Hospital:

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Immediately after the inauguration ceremony of the Provincial General Friendship Hospital phase 1, delegates broke ground for the phase 2 project.

Nguyen Khoa - Duc Thien