Commencement of construction of Can Tho Heart Stroke Hospital

People's Army Online - In the morning of July 20, the groundbreaking ceremony of Can Tho Heart Stroke Hospital took place in Can Tho City. The goal of Can Tho Heart Stroke Hospital is to diagnose and treat stroke, traumatic brain injury to ensure international quality; building communication system on stroke and brain injury to serve the community, propagating for people with knowledge of stroke prevention; build a system of satellite and affiliated hospitals in the southwestern provinces to receive stroke patients, classify, treat on site, high-tech intervention ... increase the chances of patient's life-saving and implementation. some other functions. The hospital is committed to being ready to treat even poor patients who do not have money to pay for hospital fees, medicines ...

This is the first specialized hospital in the Mekong Delta region, located in a campus of 4,000 square meters, in Ninh Kieu district. The scale of phase 1 hospital has 60 inpatient beds, examining about 500 patients a day. Phase 2 will raise 200 beds, meeting the needs of treatment and health care of people. It is expected that the hospital will be put into operation in 2018, following the model of a hospital specialized in cardiovascular stroke and stroke interventions for the Mekong Delta provinces. Addressing his congratulatory speech, Mr. Le Van Tam, Permanent Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee emphasized: The birth of Can Tho Heart Stroke Hospital has an important meaning in the development strategy of intensive care and the association. enter world health in stroke treatment; At the same time, improving the health safety level for the people of Can Tho city and neighboring provinces when the risk of stroke is risk, contributing to socio-economic development and better care for the people.