Doctors get high-tech training from leading hospitals
District and provincial-level hospitals, in an attempt to receive more patients, are seeking additional training in advanced techniques from leading hospitals in an aim to improve service quality.
Thu Duc District Hospital doctors were able to perform high-tech treatment on a patient after receiving training from leading hospitals in HCM City. (Photo: Courtesy of Thu Duc District Hospital)
HCM City (VNA) - 🦩District and provincial-level hospitals, in an attempt to receive more patients, are seeking additional training in advanced techniques from leading hospitals in an aim to improve service quality.
The hospitals have been taking a more assertive stance in acquiring high-tech training as they are also aware that financial subsidies from the State will be reduced in the future.
Cho Ray Hospital, for example, in HCM City has worked with the provincial Nghe An Friendship General Hospital to provide training in advanced surgical techniques to treat laryngeal cancer.
Dr Tran Minh Truong, Deputy Head of Cho Ray Hospital, said the surgery had been performed on 19 patients at Nghe An Friendship over the last year.
Doctors at Nghe An Friendship have been able to treat bronchial stenosis from scars, and an abscess caused by a choking incident with a fishbone.
In the past, the patients would have been referred to hospitals in Hanoi for treatment.
Thu Duc District Hospital last year sent its doctors to leading hospitals, including Thong Nhat Hospital in Tan Binh District, to receive training in high-tech treatments such as catheter-based cerebrovascular intervention.
As of June 9, the doctors had used the treatment on one patient who had a partial seizure on the left side of the body. The patient will be discharged from the hospital after three days of treatment.
Dr Luong Ngoc Khue, Head of the city’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department, said that residents in outlying areas now had far better access to high-tech treatment.
The use of high-tech treatments at more district and provincial hospitals in recent years has helped reduce overloading at major city-level hospitals.
In 2010, the Ministry of Health told central and leading city-level hospitals to offer more high-tech training to doctors at provincial and district hospitals.
Since then, the central-level and city-level hospitals have seen a reduction in patient transfers from smaller hospitals.
The rate has fallen by 98.5 percent in patients with heart-related diseases, 97 percent for cancer patients and 99 percent for obstetrics.
A report from the HCM City’s Health Department found that the number of outpatients at district hospitals last year increased to 26 percent from 2 percent in 2014.
There was also a 19 percent increase of inpatients, compared to 5 percent in 2014.-VNA
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Thu Duc District Hospital doctors were able to perform high-tech treatment on a patient after receiving training from leading hospitals in HCM City. (Photo: Courtesy of Thu Duc District Hospital)
