Many private hospitals in Nghe An are overloaded with beds.

On October 10, a working delegation led by Comrade Cao Thi Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council inspected the project to develop health care in the direction of socialization, improving the quality of disease prevention, medical examination and treatment and health care for people in Nghe An province in the period of 2016 - 2020.

The delegation inspected 3 private hospitals in Quynh Luu and Tan Ky districts and Hoang Mai town.

Nghe An is currently one of the localities with the largest number of medical facilities in the country, second only to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. In terms of private sector, the province currently has 15 hospitals.

The working group visited patients undergoing treatment. Photo: Tien Hung

In particular, Minh An General Hospital (Quynh Giang Commune, Quynh Luu), invested 120 billion VND in phase 1 and officially started operating from June 2016 with a scale of 80 beds. However, through inspection, it was found that after less than 1 year of operation, this hospital was overloaded. Currently, it has had to add double the number of beds.

At the meeting, the delegation requested Minh An General Hospital to pay attention and invest early in infrastructure to meet the need for increasing hospital beds and handling medical waste. At the same time, the facility also needs to participate in the industry data management roadmap, increase investment in information technology towards managing medical examination and treatment through electronic records.

The delegation worked at Quang Khoi General Hospital. Photo: Tien Hung

Meanwhile, in Hoang Mai Town, Quang Khoi General Hospital currently has 11 departments and a team of 37 doctors. After more than 1 year of being approved for upgrading, the hospital has helped reduce the burden on public hospitals, sharing the benefits of high-quality medical examination and treatment. However, the hospital is currently overloaded, with a scale of 30 beds but the actual number of beds is currently 97.

In addition, the delegation also inspected An Phat General Hospital (Lat town, Tan Ky district). At the inspection points, the delegation pointed out many shortcomings and also listened to suggestions and recommendations from the hospital. Members of the inspection delegation also directly proposed solutions to help the hospitals overcome difficulties.