Nghi Loc General Hospital: Pioneer in implementing Phaco surgery

(Baonghean) - With the goal of constantly improving the quality of medical examination and treatment and medical services, being a prestigious and reliable medical address in recent times, Nghi Loc General Hospital has focused on investing in facilities, medical equipment, improving the quality of human resources; especially promoting the application of new techniques in medical examination and treatment.

Deployment of PHACO surgery

Among the new, specialized techniques, Nghi Loc General Hospital is currently effectively applying PHACO technique to treat cataracts, creating the hospital's own brand. Previously, patients with cataracts often had surgery outside the capsule, with an incision length of 10 - 12 mm. Patients had to stay in the hospital for a long time, their post-operative vision did not increase much, and the rate of astigmatism was high. Since 2011, Nghi Loc General Hospital has been the first district-level hospital to deploy PHACO surgery, effectively treating this disease. Every week, the hospital organizes a PHACO surgery day for patients with cataracts.

Nghi Loc General Hospital is a pioneer district hospital in implementing effective PHACO surgical techniques. Photo: NM

Patient Tran Thi Thuc, 53 years old, in Ha Huy Tap ward, Vinh city, has had cataracts since she was young. Although she had been examined in many places, her condition was not cured. Recently, when visiting the Ophthalmology Department, Nghi Loc General Hospital, Ms. Thuc had her vision, eye pressure, eye examination, blood and urine tests, electrocardiogram, etc. measured by doctors. After being diagnosed with sufficient conditions, she was successfully operated on by doctors with PHACO surgery. Ms. Thuc said: Thanks to the dedicated examination and the application of modern and effective surgical methods, up to now, after surgery, my vision in both eyes has reached 10/10.

Discussing the advantages of PHACO surgery, Doctor CKII, Meritorious Doctor Nguyen Huu Tho - Deputy Director of Nghi Loc General Hospital said: PHACO surgery helps patients' vision recover quickly, increase after surgery, many patients achieve 10/10 vision one day after surgery, short treatment time, painless surgery, small incision, no need for stitches, reducing the risk of astigmatism.

The hospital invests in modern machinery, along with focusing on improving professional qualifications and improving the quality of medical care. Photo: Minh Nguyet

The hospital has also invested in many modern machinery systems, worth billions of VND, including PHACO Laureate surgical machines, A-ultrasound machines, corneal curvature measuring machines... to serve the implementation of new techniques in treatment. PHACO surgical techniques require high precision, so a team of highly qualified doctors with sophisticated techniques is needed. The hospital has sent ophthalmologists to train and receive transfer of this technique from central hospitals. Currently, the hospital's ophthalmology department is sending 1 doctor for specialist training, in the near future it will continue to send 1 doctor to train PHACO surgeons, at the same time, foster and update new specialized knowledge; in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of treatment for patients.

Investing in improving hospital quality

In addition to innovating management, operation, changing service style and attitude, Nghi Loc General Hospital has identified improving the quality and efficiency of medical examination and treatment as a key task in the direction of improving hospital quality. Therefore, in recent times, the hospital has paid special attention to applying many high-quality techniques such as: PHACO surgery; laparoscopic surgery (cholecystectomy, appendectomy, ovarian cystectomy, gastric perforation suturing, liver cyst tip resection, kidney cyst resection, uterine fibroid and ovarian cyst resection...); Longo surgery; jawbone fusion surgery; extracorporeal lithotripsy; invasive mechanical ventilation VCV, PCV; non-invasive mechanical ventilation Bipap, CPAP, PSV; pericardial puncture; drainage of pneumothorax and hemothorax... At the same time, the hospital has developed a number of new techniques such as: Nasolacrimal sac anastomosis with silicone tube placement; Fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes, horny masses, subcutaneous tumors, soft tissue, thyroid, vaginal smear for early screening of cervical cancer.

To meet the requirements of applying new technical methods to increase efficiency in examination and treatment, the Hospital focuses on investing in infrastructure and medical equipment. Currently, the hospital has upgraded facilities in 19 departments and 6 rooms; added some equipment such as: 6-parameter Monitor, emergency bed, CT SCANNER system (2 slices), laser hematology analyzer, automatic immunoassay machine, orthopedic trauma surgery kit, 4D Doppler color ultrasound machine, digital X-ray system (DR, CR), ventilator, anesthesia machine, laparoscopic surgery system, urology...

The hospital always focuses on training to improve the quality of human resources, arranging and arranging them in accordance with the capacity of doctors in the departments. Thanks to that, up to now, the rate of patients being successfully treated has increased; limiting complications and hospital transfers. In addition to focusing on improving the quality of medical examination and treatment, Nghi Loc General Hospital has also expanded and improved the quality of medical services. Recently, implementing the policy of changing service style and attitude, the hospital has rearranged the reception area, arranged more reception and examination desks, helping to reduce waiting time for patients. Applying information technology systems, increasing the efficiency of connection and transmission of health insurance payment data, while reducing procedures and inconvenience for patients. The hospital also places suggestion boxes in departments and rooms and maintains a 24/24h hotline; promptly answering questions and handling patients' requests.

Innovating service style and attitude, the hospital has expanded to provide increasingly high quality medical services to the people. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Thanks to the synchronous implementation of solutions to improve the effectiveness of medical examination and treatment and service quality, patients are always satisfied when visiting, examining and receiving treatment at the hospital. Every day, the hospital receives the examination and treatment needs of a large number of patients in the area and neighboring districts (an average of 100,000 people/year). The hospital bed capacity reaches over 128%.

Discussing the hospital's development orientation to meet new requirements and aim at patient satisfaction, Mr. Nguyen Huy Phuc - Director of Nghi Loc General Hospital said: The hospital continues to improve the quality of human resources, invest in equipment, effectively apply new techniques, and improve the quality of medical examination and treatment. At the same time, expand and improve the quality of medical examination and treatment services associated with improving medical ethics, meeting the needs of health care, creating satisfaction for patients; contributing to reducing the overload of hospitals at all levels.

Dinh Nguyet