Investment lifts quality at Vietnam's public hospitals
05-Nov-15, Vietnam News
By utilising their budgets and borrowing funds, many hospitals improved their quality and raised confidence in domestic hospitals.
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Deputy director of Viet Duc Hospital, Nguyen Thi Bich Huong said the hospital borrowed from banks to operate a new department using advanced treatment techniques. The new department had more than 300 beds, 25 modern operating rooms and covered a total of 2,400 sqm.
In Ha Noi, there are 13 out of 41 public hospital and six health centres taking part in privatisation programmes and 48 co-operation schemes allowing investors to invest in health equipment.
To reach the target of having an additional 9,000 beds by 2020, hospitals needed to attract more private investors to upgrade infrastructure and equipment, said Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.