Military Hospital 121 strives to reach new heights

Military Hospital 121 is a Grade I general medical facility (Department of Logistics and Engineering, Military Region 9). Currently, the hospital receives over 1,000 health insurance patients for examination and treatment every day.

Bệnh viện Quân y 121 nỗ lực vươn tầm - Ảnh 1. — Inpatient treatment area of Military Hospital 121

Many new techniques applied in treatment

Military Hospital 121 currently has more than 210 doctors, university and postgraduate pharmacists participating in diagnosis and treatment for all health insurance patients and medical services inside and outside the military.

In recent times, many new medical examination and treatment techniques have been maintained and developed such as: laparoscopic gastric resection; laparoscopic rectal resection; scoliosis correction surgery; knee replacement surgery; shoulder arthroscopic technique, cervical vertebra replacement; percutaneous endoscopic kidney stone removal surgery using a small tunnel; endoscopic discectomy surgery through the intervertebral disc; cervical cancer screening; prenatal and newborn screening; uvula and pharyngeal plastic surgery; intravenous thrombolysis; CT scan of coronary arteries and blood vessels of all kinds; percutaneous coronary intervention technique; Spect/CT scan; 3D breast ultrasound technique; partial and total hip replacement technique; endoscopic anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction...

Bệnh viện Quân y 121 nỗ lực vươn tầm - Ảnh 2. — The dialysis center of Military Hospital 121 is very spacious.

Colonel, Meritorious Doctor, Doctor CK2 Tran Manh Hung, Director of Military Hospital 121, said that from the beginning of 2025 until now, the hospital has continued to apply many new techniques. Accordingly, the Artificial Kidney Department (A3) conducts blood filtration with HA130 filters. The Emergency Resuscitation Department (A8) performs one-stage tracheostomy using percutaneous dilation combined with bronchoscopy. The General Surgery Department (B2-B3) crushes and removes kidney stones through the skin, cauterizes thyroid nodules with high-frequency waves, performs laparoscopic gastrectomy, and transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery to treat inguinal hernias. The Obstetrics Department (B5) uses cold Plasma to treat wounds or surgical incisions...

"In recent times, Military Hospital 121 has successfully treated many difficult cases such as quadriplegia due to lumbar and cervical disc damage; penetrating heart wounds caused by knife stabs; extremely large brain tumors; septic shock, poisoning; venomous snake bites; hip replacement for a 100-year-old woman; timely rescue of a 68-year-old male patient who suffered multiple injuries in a traffic accident and was in critical condition; eye surgery to bring sight back to an 86-year-old man; laparoscopic surgery to remove 3/4 of the stomach to save a 61-year-old patient with cancer; effective treatment for a 54-year-old male patient with rectal carcinoma...", Dr. Tran Manh Hung informed.

Bệnh viện Quân y 121 nỗ lực vươn tầm - Ảnh 3. — 121 Military Hospital successfully performed laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery

Spacious rooms, modern facilities

Military Hospital 121 main facility located in Ninh Kieu Ward ( Can Tho City) includes Area A (address No. 01, 30/4 Street) with an area of 45,100 m² and Area B ( Medical Staff Training Center) with an area of 9,349 m² at No. 227, 30/4 Street. The hospital is also carrying out procedures according to regulations to implement the project of Facility 2 with an area of 30,000 m² in Phu Quoc special zone, An Giang province.

On July 23, 2025, in the area of Area A, Military Hospital 121 officially put into operation a modern examination department (elevator, air-conditioned room, VIP area, relaxation room, 250-seat comfortable hall...) with a scale of 4 floors and a usable floor area of 5,000 m² . This examination department project was implemented under the construction project of Military Hospital 121 (phase 2), with a total investment of 110 billion VND, from the state budget for regular defense expenditure.

Bệnh viện Quân y 121 nỗ lực vươn tầm - Ảnh 4. — Colonel, MD.CK2 Le Trong Quan, Deputy Director of Military Hospital 121, examines a patient after laparoscopic surgery.

Previously, Military Hospital 121 renovated the 1,600 m² Artificial Kidney Department and the 780 m² Nutrition Department to promptly meet the needs of high-quality medical examination and treatment. The hospital also completed phase 1 of the complete construction of a modern, spacious 600-bed Inpatient Treatment Area, a High-Tech Area, an Infectious Diseases Department, an Infection Control Department, a Hospital Commander's House, an Office Block Work Area, and a system of trees, yards, and spacious roads.

Dr. Tran Manh Hung said that the 121 Military Hospital has been invested in modern and synchronous medical equipment, which has contributed to improving the quality of medical examination and treatment for all health insurance patients and medical services from provinces and cities. Many modern equipment such as CT scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for timely diagnosis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases), scintigraphy machine (Spect CT for kidney scintigraphy, bone scintigraphy, thyroid scintigraphy), liver elastography machine (Fibroscan), Cobas 6000 testing system, cold biopsy system, electron microscope system, digestive endoscope, bone densitometer, spinal traction machine and other advanced equipment have helped to improve the increasingly effective diagnosis and treatment of the hospital.

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, Military Hospital 121 organized a working delegation to Long Thanh commune (An Giang) to examine and provide free medicine to 300 people and give 300 gifts to representatives of policy families, poor households, and those in difficult circumstances with a total cost of over 134 million VND.