Checking the construction progress of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital into a special-class hospital

Nghe An General Friendship HospitalThe hospital is recognized by the Ministry of Health and assigned the task of providing the final line of technical expertise in medical examination and treatment in the North Central region. The hospital has the function and task of advising the health sector on developing strategies for the development of medical examination and treatment specialties in the province and the region; directly implementing emergency care, medical examination and treatment for people in the province, in the region and Laos.

At the present time,Nghe An General Friendship HospitalThere are 2,000 planned hospital beds; 7 departments, paraclinical centers and 35 departments, clinical centers. The total number of human resources is 1,875 people; ensuring the implementation of modern, specialized techniques. The hospital has full facilities and medical equipment, meeting the approved technical list. In 2024, the bed utilization rate will reach 122.6%.

Aiming to develop into a special-class hospital by 2025, in recent times, Nghe An General Hospital has focused on developing a project and implementing the criteria of a special-class hospital according to the provisions of Circular 06/2024/TT-BYT. Currently, the hospital has achieved 92/100 points according to the provisions of Circular 06.

The criteria that have not been met and are in the process of being completed include: 60% or more of the head nurses, head midwives, and chief medical technicians of clinical departments must have postgraduate qualifications; 100% of heads of clinical and paraclinical departments must have doctoral or specialist level 2 qualifications; 70% of treating physicians in clinical departments must have postgraduate qualifications; the specialized techniques that the hospital has approved for special surgical procedures must account for 95% or more of the total number of technical categories prescribed by the Ministry of Health for that specialty...

At the meeting, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee and the Nghe An Department of Health inspected the actual facilities, equipment, techniques, and progress of the construction of special classification dossiers of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital.

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts of the staff of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital in building the unit into a special-class hospital.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long requested Nghe An General Friendship Hospital to continue to supplement and complete the Project to develop into a special-class hospital based on closely following reality, especially the existing problems in human resources, professional qualifications, infrastructure, equipment, and information technology infrastructure.

Nghe An General Hospital needs to unify its ideology and determine its determination to build a special-class hospital by 2025; focus on reviewing construction planning, repairing degraded facilities, adding equipment, promoting digital transformation in hospital management; direct and mobilize departments, offices, and centers to conduct self-assessment and complete the criteria for a special-class hospital.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Health to conduct a comprehensive review of the Project to develop Nghe An General Friendship Hospital into a special-class hospital; appraise the project according to the current situation; and submit it to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration as soon as possible./.