Hanoi takes steps to improve healthcare services

 29-Jun-16, Vietnam+

Hanoi’s healthcare system needs thorough plans for infrastructure and human resources, or it will lag behind other modernised cities, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Chung said.

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Participants at a recent meeting of the city’s Health Department, representatives of local public hospitals and foreign health experts agreed that healthcare services in Hanoi have inadequate “hardware”, or infrastructure and technology, and “software”, the human resources.

There are currently 41 public hospitals and 29 private hospitals in Hanoi. Only four of them, including Gia Lam, Duc Giang, Dong Anh and Soc Son hospitals, have been rebuilt. The construction of new hospitals is limited due to a lack of funding.

"The most urgent thing is to apply information technology to avoid waste and errors in the medical sector," Director of Hanoi Heart Hospital Nguyen Quang Tuan said. He said he hoped the city would invest in a joint healthcare management system for all hospitals in the city to thoroughly manage health staff and improve the city’s health sector.

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