Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate a satellite clinic of Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital at Saigon General Hospital in downtown HCM City on June 18. —VNS Photo Thu Hằng

HCM CITY — Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital on Wednesday opened a satellite clinic at Saigon General Hospital in downtown HCM City, marking cooperation between the two major hospitals.

The clinic offers general surgery, internal medicine and obstetrics-pediatrics wards and diagnosis and treatment by experts.

Doctors from Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital will examine and treat patients at the satellite clinic.

The cooperation is part of a roadmap set by the municipal People’s Committee to develop Sài Gòn General Hospital into a general hospital with specialisation in emergency care.

In the future the hospital will be a second facility of Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Bùi Nguyễn Thành Long, deputy head of the Department of Health’s medical services division, said Saigon General Hospital is in District 1 where many domestic and international tourists visit and stay.

It is also very convenient for people to take the Metro Line 1 to visit the hospital, he said.

“With the comprehensive support of Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital, Saigon General Hospital will enhance its professional capacity, making it a prestigious healthcare facility for locals and foreigners to visit.”

Dr. Mai Phan Tường Anh, deputy director of Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital, said: “The opening of the satellite clinic at Saigon General Hospital is an essential step to expand the network of medical services of Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital.

“This is also a practical solution to ease the patient overcrowding at Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital in Bình Thạnh District and enable people to access high-quality medical services near their place of residence.”

A foreign patient is examined at Saigon General Hospital in downtown HCM City. —VNS Photo Thu Hằng

Saigon General Hospital receives 600 - 700 outpatients daily, with foreign patients accounting for 10 per cent.

The health sector is building a multi-centred hospital model in which public medical facilities no longer operate separately but are linked into a unified system to improve examination and treatment outcomes. — VNS