The Thủ Đức Regional General Hospital under construction in HCM City’s Thủ Đức City. It is expected to open its doors by the end of this year. Photo laodong.vn

HCM CITY — HCM City will set aside VNĐ4.3 trillion (US$168.2 million) for buying medical devices and equipment for three new hospitals, according to its Management Board of Industrial and Civil Engineering Construction and Investment Projects.

The procurement for the general hospitals that are under construction in Thủ Đức City and Củ Chi and Hóc Môn districts will begin this quarter.

The task, which will be completed by the end of 2025, will cost more than VNĐ1.36 trillion ($53.2 million) for the Củ Chi Regional General Hospital, VNĐ1.45 trillion ($56.7 million) for the Thủ Đức Regional General Hospital and VNĐ1.49 trillion ($58.3 million) for the Hóc Môn Regional General Hospital.

The three 1,000-bed hospitals, which will cost a total of more than VNĐ5.6 trillion ($219.1 million) for construction, are expected to open by the end of this year.

They are expected to improve healthcare services in outlying districts and reduce overloading at major city public hospitals.

The Hóc Môn Regional General Hospital in March opened the nephrology – dialysis department, which was moved from the old Hóc Môn Regional General Hospital.

It has 20 dialysis machines and receives 114 regular patients.

It plans to add another 40 dialysis machines when the hospital is fully operational this year. —VNS