Proposal to dismantle college dormitories to expand hospital

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health proposed that the city dismantle the dormitory of Cao Thang Technical College and give the land to the Orthopedic Trauma Hospital to rebuild the hospital.

The above information was given by Mr. Nguyen Hai Nam, Deputy Chief of Office of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health at a regular press conference on the afternoon of October 19, adding that the Orthopedic Trauma Hospital is a typical example of a hospital in a state of degradation as well as being affected by other buildings, especially the dormitory building of Cao Thang Technical College next door.

Previously, the hospital's leadership proposed relocating this dormitory because it did not meet fire prevention and fighting requirements, and the severely degraded architecture affected the lives and was unsafe for patients and hospital staff.

The Ho Chi Minh City Orthopedic Hospital was built by the Chinese in 1968, with an area of over 5,000 m2, with an initial scale of 100 beds, now it has to be expanded to about 600 inpatient beds, including beds in the hallways of the departments. This is a first-class specialized hospital, the final line for orthopedic trauma in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces.

After more than 50 years, the infrastructure and construction structures have seriously degraded. In 2010, the project to build a new hospital in Binh Chanh district was approved by the Prime Minister to be piloted under the form of a build-transfer contract and an investor was appointed to negotiate the contract (BT). However, to date, the project has not yet completed the investment preparation phase.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said it had proposed the People's Committee to stop implementing the project under the BT form, move the new construction project to another location, with a scale of 500 beds, and capital from the city budget. While waiting for the project to build a new facility, the hospital proposed that the city allow the construction of a new facility to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment, solve the current overload situation and be worthy of a specialized hospital at the end of the Southern region, while serving teaching and in-depth research activities.

Last month, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Finance also informed that the Orthopedic Trauma Hospital will take over the old land of the Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital to renovate and build a second facility, relieving the current overload situation.

Mr. Nguyen Hai Nam, Deputy Chief of Office of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health at a regular press conference on the afternoon of October 19. Photo: Thanh Nhan — Mr. Nguyen Hai Nam, Deputy Chief of Office of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health at a regular press conference on the afternoon of October 19. Photo: *Thanh Nhan*

In addition to Orthopedic Trauma, Ho Chi Minh City Mental Hospital has only 300 beds but is distributed in 3 locations with severely degraded facilities, greatly affecting the treatment and medical examination of people. Of which, the main facility in District 5 has 50 inpatient beds in a small area (1,700 m2). The second facility in Le Minh Xuan Commune, Binh Chanh, with 250 beds, is only designed for inpatient treatment. The third facility is the Children's Examination Department - Day Hospital, in Phu Nhuan District, with the function of examining and treating outpatient mental illnesses for children.

According to the development orientation of the mental health care system, the national average standard is 12 beds/100,000 people. Ho Chi Minh City with more than 10 million people needs at least 1,200 beds.

Therefore, according to Mr. Nam, the Department of Health also has a medium-term plan for 2025-2030 to invest in building a 1,000-bed Mental Hospital in Thu Duc City. "The People's Committee of Thu Duc City has a plan to submit to the Government for approval. If everything goes well, there will likely be good news from this project in 2024," said Mr. Nam.

The Orthopedic and Mental Hospital are two of three dilapidated hospitals that the Department of Health has proposed to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to rebuild. The remaining hospital is the Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital. The Director of the Department of Health believes that the overloaded and degraded condition causes patients to suffer and is not commensurate with the development level of a leading specialized hospital.

There is currently no comment from Cao Thang Technical College on the above recommendation from the Department of Health.

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