Can Tho Central Hospital puts new treatment area into operation before Tet

After 5 months of construction, Can Tho Central General Hospital completed a new treatment area with 3 operating rooms; where the Stroke, Interventional Cardiology, and Surgical Intensive Care Units are located, contributing to solving the overload situation.

Fix 200% overload immediately

On January 17, information from Can Tho Central General Hospital said that the hospital had completed the project to expand a number of treatment departments of the hospital in time to put them into operation before Tet.

This is a project approved by the Ministry of Health for investment in late 2022, aiming to overcome the overload situation at the Ministry of Health's final-level hospitals in the Mekong Delta; at the same time, further improve the effectiveness of medical examination and treatment; professional training, human resource development and direction in the West.

The expansion area of ​​some treatment departments of Can Tho Central General Hospital is ready to be put into operation before Lunar New Year.

In July 2024, the project started construction with a scale of 4 floors, with a total floor area of ​​nearly 3,300 ^m2 and a total investment of about 70 billion VND. To date, the project has completed all items and is ready to be put into use.

According to the Board of Directors of Can Tho Central General Hospital, the implementation of the expansion project will help the hospital immediately resolve the overload situation, especially in some departments such as stroke, interventional cardiology, thoracic, operating room, surgical resuscitation, etc.

For example, the Interventional Cardiology Department, previously, had only 26 beds but the number of patients was always double, leading to a 200% overload.

Specialist Doctor 2 Tran Van Trieu, Head of Interventional Cardiology Department, checks the bedside nurse call system

Specialist 2 Tran Van Trieu, Head of the Interventional Cardiology Department said: "In the new location, the department is located on the 2nd floor, can accommodate 50 beds with a bedside nursing call system, especially the establishment of a CCU (Cardiac Care Unit) with mechanical ventilation and comprehensive care. In addition, the new facility also allows the department to deploy new techniques, such as transcutaneous aortic valve replacement (TAVI)".

Similarly, the Stroke Department was previously often overloaded with 13 planned beds but had to receive 20-22 patients per day.

The new operating room area of ​​Can Tho Central General Hospital will help reduce the load on the old operating room area.

Dr. Ha Tan Duc, Head of the Stroke Department, said, "Our new area will have 35 beds, including a separate recovery area, thereby meeting the needs of treatment and patient care much better. In particular, 3 new operating rooms on the 3rd floor will reduce the load on the old operating room, ensuring the implementation of high-tech, specialized techniques (organ transplants), meeting the surgical needs of 80-100 cases per day...".

After kidney transplant, the goal is liver transplant.

According to the leader of Can Tho Central General Hospital, the expansion and relocation of some of the above treatment departments has also helped many other departments and rooms of the hospital to expand space, reduce overload and serve patients better.

As a tertiary hospital under the Ministry of Health in the Mekong Delta, Can Tho Central General Hospital has a scale of 1,000 planned beds and 1,359 actual beds. However, currently, the hospital receives from 2,000 to 2,500 outpatients per day. The number of inpatients also fluctuates from 1,500 to 1,700 per day.

After successfully implementing kidney transplant techniques, Can Tho Central General Hospital is preparing to implement liver transplants.

According to the development orientation, the hospital strives to become a special-class hospital by 2025. In particular, it focuses on implementing organ transplant techniques, receiving and developing the Orthopedic Trauma Hospital built in Can Tho City, striving to deploy a stroke center, expanding admission and treatment for pediatric patients in the specialties of obstetrics, orthopedics, heart surgery, interventional cardiology...

Previously, in April 2024, this hospital also successfully performed the first kidney transplant, becoming the 26th kidney transplant center in Vietnam. To date, there have been 7 successful kidney transplants (2 more are expected in February 2025). After the kidney transplant, Can Tho Central General Hospital aims to perform the first liver transplant in 2027.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/benh-vien-trung-uong-can-tho-dua-khu-dieu-tri-moi-hoat-dong-truoc-tet-185250117145844138.htm