Groundbreaking ceremony of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital project phase 2

(Baongheean.vn) - On the morning of March 13, the Provincial People's Committee held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction project of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital - Phase 2.

Attending were Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Tien - Minister of Health; representatives of the Ministry of Construction, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV).

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; representatives of leaders of departments, branches, districts, cities and towns.

Delegates attending the ceremony.

Nghe An General Friendship Hospital Project - Phase 2 is implemented according to the combined public-private socialization model, with a total estimated investment of 1,300 billion VND, includingCredit support package of over 1,000 billion VND from Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV).

ProjectBuilt to high-class hospital standards,including basement, roof and 8 upper floors, total dFloor area 26,722 m².

Perspective of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital - Phase II.

It is expected that in the first quarter of 2018, the hospital will complete the architecture and install equipment. By the second quarter of 2018, the 600-bed hospital will officially come into operation, combining with Nghe An General Friendship Hospital - Phase 1 to create a high-class, modern hospital complex with 1,600 beds with service quality equivalent to major hospitals in the region.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tienaffirming the practicality of the public-private socialization model combined from the Nghe An General Friendship Hospital project - phase 2.

Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien affirmed that the public-private socialization model combined from the Nghe An General Friendship Hospital Project - Phase 2 is a correct and practical model in the context of limited State investment resources, aiming toPromote the mobilization of social resources for investment in facilities, equipment, cooperation in management, improving the quality of the health system, contributing to meeting the people's needs for medical examination and treatment.

The Minister thanked the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and relevant sectors of Nghe An province for their attention and creating favorable conditions in terms of mechanisms for the project to be implemented smoothly.

Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Le Minh ThongRequest relevant departments, branches and localities to create all favorable conditions for the Project to be completed soon on schedule.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: Nghe An General Friendship Hospital - Phase 2, when completed and put into operation, will make an important contribution to the Nghe An health sector in improving the quality of medical examination and treatment, supporting the reduction of the load for provincial and upper-level hospitals, contributing significantly to the successful implementation of Resolution 26 of the Politburo on the direction of Nghe An's development to 2020 and the following years.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested relevant departments, branches and localities to create all favorable conditions in resolving related problems and procedures so that the Project can be soon implemented and completed on schedule.

Video of groundbreaking ceremony

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Minh Quan - Thanh Duy