Japan finances USD104 mn to help Vietnam build 10 hospitals
10-Dec-15
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided Vietnam with USD104 million to finance the construction of ten hospitals spread out across the country, according to information released by the Ministry of Health at its yearly review meeting on December 9.
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The ten hospital projects, costing total USD120 million, have the remaining costs funded by the Ministry and local budgets. These are the Binh Dinh General Hospital, Lam Dong General Hospital, Ninh Thuan General Hospital, Nghe An Pediatrics Hospital, Danang C Hospital, Bac Giang General Hospital, Son Tay General Hospital, Nam Dinh Maternity Hospital, Tay Ninh General Hospital, and Thai Binh Pediatrics Hospital.
The projects, in the second stage, have been implemented since mid-2012, with the main goal of providing the ten facilities with sufficient medical equipment and raising capacity of medical workers. The projects focus on improving the quality of surgery services, emergency and intensive care units, and sterilization. The medical facilities are expected to help ease the overload at central level hospitals in big cities.