After more than 2 months of operation, medical examination and treatment at Khanh Hoa Provincial Oncology Hospital has gradually stabilized, meeting the health care needs of the people.
Admitting many inpatients
After more than 2 months of operation and more than 10 days of inpatient treatment, the number of patients hospitalized for treatment at the departments of the Provincial Oncology Hospital is more than 90 people, accounting for more than 1/3 of the total number of inpatient beds of the hospital. Being treated at the Internal Medicine Department, patient Ngo Thi Luyen (65 years old, Phuoc Dong commune, Nha Trang city) said that 6 months ago she felt a lot of cough and difficulty breathing, so she went to the Provincial General Hospital and was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. After a period of treatment at the Oncology Department, Provincial General Hospital, she was transferred to the Oncology Hospital. The facility here is spacious and clean, the doctors take care of her very attentively and thoughtfully, and she received all the medicine.
 Provincial Oncology Hospital doctor discusses medical condition with inpatient. |
In the same room, patient Tran Thi Lang (Vinh Luong commune, Nha Trang city) has terminal lung cancer. “I have terminal illness so my body aches a lot, I mainly receive palliative care. Before coming here, I was treated at the provincial general hospital for nearly a year; because the Oncology Department was always overloaded, we often had to sleep on folding beds. Here, each room has 3 beds, is spacious, clean, and airy, so my mood is more comfortable, the pain and fatigue are also somewhat reduced.”
Specialist II Doctor Le Hong Quan - Director of the Provincial Oncology Hospital said that the hospital has been in operation since February 1. Initially, the hospital only accepted outpatient examinations. Currently, after basically ensuring all conditions, the hospital accepts inpatient treatment. During this period, emergency, severe, and surgical cancer patients will continue to be treated at the Provincial General Hospital; while stable inpatients will be transferred here. After stabilizing operations, the hospital will transfer all patients to inpatient treatment here. Because it has just come into operation, the hospital has received support from upper-level hospitals in diagnosis and treatment, including the Provincial General Hospital and the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital. After stabilization, the hospital will invite experts in Ho Chi Minh City to guide and train the hospital's medical staff in professional skills to further improve the quality of treatment.
Equipped with many modern devices
In the planning roadmap of the Ministry of Health to achieve the goal of establishing and completing the cancer prevention and control network from the central to local levels by 2020, the Provincial Oncology Hospital is planned with a scale of 200 beds. In 2015, the Provincial Oncology Hospital was approved by the Provincial People's Committee for construction investment with a total cost of 560 billion VND, using the provincial budget. The project started construction in 2017 on a land area of over 28,900m2 on Nguyen Khuyen Street, Group 14 Tay Nam, Vinh Hai Ward, Nha Trang City and was completed in early 2023. The hospital's organizational structure includes 5 functional departments, 15 clinical and paraclinical departments and a general clinic. This is a provincial-level specialized hospital, grade II, with a planned scale of 200 beds and the actual capacity of up to 300 beds.
Along with investment in facilities, the hospital is fully equipped with modern medical equipment for testing (biochemistry, hematology, immunology, etc.), diagnostic imaging (128-slice CT machine, CT simulation, SPECT CT ultrasound, X-ray, mobile X-ray, accelerated radiotherapy, mammography, diagnostic endoscopy, intervention, etc.). Along with oncology surgery systems, the hospital's operating room also invests in an endoscopic surgery system. The hospital's human resources are recruited and combined from the Oncology Department of the Provincial General Hospital, Nha Trang Transport Hospital, medical units in the province and universities, etc., so they basically meet the needs of medical examination and treatment. Currently, the hospital has 32 doctors, 25 university graduates, 55 college graduates, 4 engineers and many other professional staff.
According to Dr. Quan, in the coming time, the hospital will focus on recruiting more human resources, enhancing the training of specialist doctors and cooperating in training and transferring techniques from central hospitals, developing high-tech expertise. At the same time, striving to become the final hospital of the South Central region according to the planning of the cancer prevention and control network, meeting the increasing health care needs of the people.
The Provincial Oncology Hospital is responsible for receiving all cases of patients from outside or transferred from medical facilities for emergency care, inpatient or outpatient examination and treatment; handling specialized diseases within the scope of oncology and diseases within the hospital's capabilities. The hospital also participates in health assessment and forensic examination when requested by the Central Medical Assessment Council or law enforcement agencies. In addition, the hospital also has the function of training medical staff; scientific research; directing lower levels in expertise and techniques, etc. C.Dan |
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