Vietnam lacks cash for satellite hospitals

 29-Jul-15, Viet Nam News 

A Ministry of Health plan to build additional satellite hospitals across the nation and upgrade existing ones lacks money and qualified personnel, the Minister of Health, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, has said.

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Tien said the scheme, started two years ago, involved transferring advanced medical techniques to new satellite hospitals in every city and province, if and when they were established. At present, there are 46 satellite hospitals throughout Viet Nam linked to a particular city hospital. Satellite staff are trained and given technical updates by that hospital. 

To keep the scheme in operation, the Ministry wants local governments in cities and provinces to allocate funds to upgrade satellite hospitals and foster medical expertise. The Ministry will continue to provide training to medical workers of hospitals in districts.

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