The hospital was once heavily flooded, doctors had to wear boots to save people, how is it now?

On the morning of April 19, the inauguration ceremony of the new construction project of Hoc Mon Regional General Hospital took place in Ho Chi Minh City. This is one of 50 works and projects to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board (DDCN Board), the above project started in January 2021, right at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, so it faced a series of difficulties.

There was a time when the project had to stop construction because of the complicated developments of the epidemic, which seemed to affect the construction progress. However, with the efforts of all parties, the project was finally completed.

Specialist Doctor Dang Quoc Quan, Director of Hoc Mon Regional General Hospital, shared that 18 years ago, the hospital was established on the basis of rearranging the local medical center.

Over the years of ups and downs, the unit's facilities have seriously degraded, equipment and machinery are outdated... Every year during the rainy season, the water floods heavily, and the medical team has to wear boots to serve patients for treatment and emergency care.

According to Dr. Quan, the 4 years of implementing the new facility were the most difficult and arduous years, when the unit had to both build and provide on-site medical treatment for the people. Up to now, the new hospital has been put into operation, with a technical infrastructure scale of 1,000 beds, a land area of ​​over 44,300 square meters, and a total investment of nearly 1,900 billion VND.

With the vision of the Ho Chi Minh City health sector, Hoc Mon Regional General Hospital aims to become a complete general hospital, improve emergency capacity, form specialized departments with modern equipment... to meet the medical examination and treatment needs of the people, reduce the burden on end-line hospitals and inner-city areas.

In particular, the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health have directed the hospital to become a specialized stroke center, with comprehensive support from People's Hospital 115.

Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, expressed her joy when the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has drastically implemented the plan to assign 4 end-line hospitals to provide comprehensive support to Hoc Mon Regional General Hospital, to best serve the health care work for people in the region and neighboring areas.

Ms. Thuy suggested that Hoc Mon Hospital proactively develop human resources to meet new environmental conditions; take advantage of comprehensive cooperation and support from leading hospitals to develop protocols, processes, and specialized techniques in examination and treatment; and enhance the position of a gateway hospital.

The leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the Department of Health to continue to monitor, urge and organize training courses to improve the quality of human resources of gateway hospitals; ensure the highest quality of operations; assign the DDCN Board to urgently deploy the investment in equipment suitable to the scale of the project, ensuring to avoid waste...

"The long-term goal is to exempt hospital fees for people, as directed by the General Secretary . Initially, hospital resources may be limited, but we must have a good plan to build autonomy.

I also request support from social insurance so that Hoc Mon Regional General Hospital can complete its tasks well...", Ms. Dieu Thuy said.

Associate Professor Tang Chi Thuong, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, requested Hoc Mon Hospital to focus on training qualified human resources. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health also respectfully thanked and requested leading units to actively and comprehensively support Hoc Mon Hospital in professional work and internal management.

"We believe that from now on, people in Hoc Mon and neighboring areas will truly trust when coming to the hospital for examination and treatment," Mr. Thuong shared.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/benh-vien-tung-ngap-nang-bac-si-phai-mang-ung-cuu-nguoi-gio-ra-sao-20250419124028412.htm