Phu Tho General Hospital wins Diamond Status from World Stroke Organisation
The General Hospital of northern Phu Tho province has become one of the seven Vietnamese establishments to win the Diamond Status from the World Stroke Organisation (WSO), the highest award for quality in emergency care and stroke treatment worldwide.
At the Phu Tho General Hospital. (Photo: nhandan.vn)
PhuTho (VNA)ꦇ – The General Hospital of northern Phu Tho province hasbecome one of the seven Vietnamese establishments to win the Diamond Statusfrom the World Stroke Organisation (WSO), the highest award for quality inemergency care and stroke treatment worldwide.
Previously, only the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi achieved thisprestigious award. It is a recognition given by the WSO to stroketreatment centres and units that have demonstrated outstanding care and treatmenton a global scale, with three levels of standards: Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.
ꦆ The award was granted by WSO President Jeyaraj Durai Pandian at aceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18.
Accordingly, the Phu Tho General Hospital’s strokecentre has met a maximum of 10 stringent criteria set by the WSO in thediagnosis, emergency response, care, and treatment of strokes, achieving Goldand Platinum levels for 7-9 criteria.
🥀 Deputy director of the centre Bui Thi Thu Ha said the hospital has joined theWSO Angels Awards since the third quarter of 2020. As of the end of 2022, it receivedone Gold and nine Platinum certifications. In the first half of this year, itconsecutively received the Diamond Status, putting it on par with central-levelhospitals such as Bach Mai Hospital and 115 People's Hospital in Ho Chi MinhCity.
Founded on September 15, 2018, the centre is the first ofits kind in the country to operate with an integrated closed-loop processmeeting European standards, from emergency care, treatment, patient managementto post-stroke functional recovery. It treats around 250 patients on average each month, with 150of them suffering from cerebral stroke./.
The stroke centre under the central city's General Hospital has been given 'platinum status' by the World Stroke Organisation (WSO) Angels Awards for its efforts in caring for stroke patients in 2021.
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At the Phu Tho General Hospital. (Photo: nhandan.vn) 
