Speaking at the meeting, Colonel Pham Minh Duc, Director of Military Hospital 354, outlined the process of establishment, construction and growth of the Hospital. Accordingly, 74 years ago, in Cao Chua hamlet, My Trang village, My Yen commune, Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province, the Military Medical Clinic named after the national hero Tran Quoc Toan was established (this is the predecessor of today's Military Hospital 354). With a scale of 40 beds, 20 officers and service staff, including 1 doctor, 1 Party group, the commune military medical unit is responsible for ensuring the health of officers, employees and soldiers of the Ministry of National Defense, people in the Viet Bac resistance zone and a department responsible for taking care of the health of leaders of the Party, State and Army.

In 1954, after the victory of the resistance war against French colonialism, the Military Medical Clinic returned to Hanoi Capital, under the name of Military Medical Regiment 354 and then developed into a regional type B hospital, with a scale of 80 to 300 beds; with the task of serving in combat, examining, admitting, and treating officers, soldiers, workers and employees of the Ministry of National Defense, stationed units and people in the Capital area.

Colonel Pham Minh Duc, Director of Military Hospital 354, spoke at the meeting.

During the resistance war against the US to save the country, the Hospital actively served in combat for 12 days and nights and together with the army and people of Hanoi, created the resounding victory of "Dien Bien Phu in the air"; then participated in serving the campaigns, contributing to the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country. During the war to protect the Fatherland, the Hospital established treatment teams, surgical teams, transfer of wounded, disease prevention, served the war on the northern and southwestern borders; participated in international missions to help friendly countries Laos and Cambodia and sent cadres to work as experts in a number of countries. From 2010 to present, with the attention of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, the Hospital has been invested in construction and upgraded to a scale of 500 beds, with modern and synchronous equipment such as: Standard operating room system, emergency resuscitation center, artificial kidney, blood filtration; 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance machine...

Currently, the hospital examines from 1,000 to 1,200 patients every day, and treats an average of 600 inpatients. The hospital has chaired and participated in nearly 300 scientific research projects from the grassroots level to the ministerial, sectoral and state levels; participated in the Hanoi region youth creative technical award and the military creative youth award, winning many awards. The hospital always performs well in mass mobilization and policy work, regularly coordinates with military and civilian medical units, examines and provides free medicine to tens of thousands of policy beneficiaries, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, poor patients in difficult circumstances, etc.

Music and dance performance in the program.

Over the past 74 years, Military Hospital 354 has been honored by the State with the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces during the anti-French period and during the renovation period, along with many noble awards: Two Second-class Military Exploit Medals; Second-class Military Exploit Medal; Third-class Fatherland Protection Medal; Title of "Heroic Unit of the People's Armed Forces during the renovation period"... In 2021, the Hospital was awarded the Third-class Labor Medal and the Prime Minister awarded a Certificate of Merit for its outstanding achievements in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

In particular, in 2023, the Hospital participated in earthquake rescue in Türkiye and was honored by the Prime Minister for participating in supporting search and rescue work in a remote location outside the country.

Scene of the exchange about the tradition of the Hospital and the Military Medical Industry.

The awards given to Military Hospital 354 over the past 74 years have been a great encouragement and motivation for the hospital's officers, soldiers, workers and employees to constantly strive, overcome all difficulties and firmly walk on the path that the Party, State and army have entrusted to them.

News and photos: THU HA