Nghe An General Hospital: Reaching new heights

(Baonghean) - 2014 is a major milestone in the construction and development of Nghe An General Hospital, marked by the inauguration of the new hospital in May 2014 and the relocation of the hospital from the old facility (No. 138 Nguyen Phong Sac, Vinh City) to the new facility (Le Nin Avenue, Vinh City) from October 1, 2014.

Nghe An General Friendship Hospital was newly inaugurated in May 2014.

In 2014, Nghe An General Hospital continued to make a strong impression in the medical field of the province by successfully performing many advanced, specialized, and modern medical techniques such as: Open heart surgery, kidney transplant surgery; laryngeal cancer surgery; endoscopic surgery for esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography to remove stones and worms; brain tumor surgery, surgery for severe spinal trauma; cataract surgery using the Phaco method; cochlear implant surgery; thrombolytic therapy; intervention of cerebral and hepatic vessels, etc. Deploying new techniques: Holter electrocardiogram, Pro-BNP, diagnosis of Dengue IgM Dengue IgG, Herpes Virus IgM, Herpes Virus IgG, removal of large liver flukes by ELISA technique, etc. These new, advanced techniques are the result of many years of preparation in terms of human resources, facilities and legal basis, and at the same time mark a new development step, a new height of the provincial health sector, recognized and highly appreciated by doctors, physicians and leading experts of the Central Government.

Based on the separation of old departments to establish new departments, Nghe An General Hospital currently has 46 departments and rooms (an increase of 15 departments and rooms compared to before). Of which, the general examination and outpatient treatment block has 2 departments, capable of meeting more than 1,000 examinations/day. The inpatient treatment block has 22 departments, the technical and professional block has 14 departments. By separating departments and rooms, a highly specialized apparatus has been established, with the expectation of meeting the increasing demand for medical examination and treatment of people in and outside the province in the coming time. The quality of the staff is increasing, meeting the standards of a grade I hospital. Currently, the hospital has 949 staff, including: 2 PhDs, 13 level II specialists, 44 masters, 32 level I specialists, 3 resident doctors, 1 level I pharmacist, 172 doctors, 5 masters in other majors, many staff have IELTS foreign language proficiency.

Volunteer activities of medical examination and medicine provision by doctors and nurses at Quy Chau District Hospital.

To achieve the above achievements, in addition to the attention of the Ministry of Health, the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, as well as the Department of Health and related agencies, departments and branches, it is necessary to mention the continuous efforts of the leadership and all staff, workers and employees of the Hospital. The Hospital always identifies training, improving professional qualifications, the quality of doctors and medical staff as the key and breakthrough to achieve success. In 2014, following the orientation of developing a Grade I hospital, with the goal of increasingly improving the quality of current human resources, the Hospital invested in improving in-depth expertise, organizing training courses to improve professional qualifications. Specifically, the Hospital is currently sending 8 PhDs, 6 resident physicians, 25 master doctors, 1 master pharmacist, 11 specialist doctors I, 15 specialists, 31 orientation staff, 24 foreign language staff with international certificates. In addition, training specialized staff combined with transfer of treatment techniques in specialties such as open heart surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, esophageal surgery, stroke, neurosurgery, and spine surgery to improve the qualifications of staff to perform advanced techniques, meeting the needs of medical examination and treatment for the people.

Along with professional development, serving the orientation of training human resources, the Hospital sent source staff and managers to participate in management and political training courses. Specifically, 5 staff were sent to participate in hospital management training, 3 staff were sent to senior political training, and 1 staff was sent to intermediate political training.

Spinal neurosurgery.

Surgical intensive care unit.

As the province's leading hospital, the hospital has trained 239 staff including doctors, technicians, nurses, midwives, and physicians from general hospitals, district health centers, and commune health stations in the following specialties: Orthopedics, surgery, internal medicine, emergency, obstetrics, testing, ultrasound and X-ray, anesthesia and resuscitation... In addition, in 2014, the hospital transferred 9 techniques under Project 1816 to district hospitals: Anh Son, Que Phong, Quy Chau, Quynh Luu and Tay Bac General Hospital. Of which, 30 staff received the techniques.

In addition, Nghe An General Hospital always focuses on innovating management work and promoting administrative reform. Last year, the hospital opened more reception doors at the One-Stop Examination Area, increased the number of reception staff, guided patients for medical examination, assigned people to register their records, took patients to the department, arranged machines and testing systems at the departments, shortened the time to return results to better serve patients,... Reception of people is organized 24/24 right at the Leadership Duty Room along with a suggestion box system and hotline, promptly receiving and handling all opinions of patients. Improving medical ethics, improving working style and attitude of doctors and nurses are increasingly trusted and appreciated by the people and the number of patients coming to the hospital for examination and treatment is increasing. During the year, the Hospital received many compliments and thanks from patients and their families, praising the efforts and dedication of the medical team, doctors and staff.

2015 is determined to be a breakthrough year for Nghe An General Hospital with the key task of striving to exceed the planned targets, well organize medical examination and treatment, strengthen hospital management, improve the qualifications of cadres and civil servants in conjunction with the successful implementation of the Campaign to Study and Follow the Moral Example of Ho Chi Minh, the project to improve medical ethics and the code of conduct of the Ministry of Health. Encourage the development of new and advanced techniques, perfect the deployed techniques, at the same time improve the quality of treatment; consolidate new departments and rooms into stable operation according to the structure of a grade I hospital; focus on staff training, scientific research, line guidance and implementation of Project 1816; strengthen international integration and cooperation as well as cooperation with domestic hospitals; accelerate the progress of implementing the Hospital's projects according to plan. In particular, the Board of Directors, staff and medical staff, doctors, workers and civil servants are implementing the Hospital development plan until 2015 and deploying it until 2020; at the same time, they are making efforts to put the new hospital into effective operation, serving the work of caring for and protecting people's health.

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