Can Tho has provided complete documents of the Oncology Hospital project to the Government Inspectorate.

The leader of the Can Tho City Department of Health said that this morning the department has provided complete documents of the Can Tho Oncology Hospital project to the Government Inspectorate to serve the inspection of this project.

Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Viet Nga - Deputy Director of Can Tho City Department of Health - answered reporters' questions related to the Can Tho Oncology Hospital project at the press conference on the afternoon of July 30 - Photo: CHI QUOC

At the regular press conference organized by the People's Committee of Can Tho City on the afternoon of July 30, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Viet Nga - Deputy Director of the Department of Health of Can Tho City - provided more information on the results of the implementation of removing obstacles in the Can Tho Oncology Hospital project and the inspection of this hospital project.

This took place in the context that yesterday (July 29), the Government Inspectorate announced its decision to inspect projects facing difficulties and problems in Can Tho City, including the Can Tho Oncology Hospital project.

According to Ms. Nga, implementing the Prime Minister's direction, the Department of Health has coordinated with relevant agencies to advise the City People's Committee to submit a document to the Government and the Prime Minister to allow the suspension of Hungary's ODA capital, and at the same time provide capital from the central budget to supplement the remaining capital of the project.

In a related development, yesterday (July 29), city leaders worked with the consortium of contractors implementing this project to find solutions to continue implementing the project.

Ms. Nga said that after receiving the central government's document agreeing to the policy of stopping ODA capital from Hungary and supplementing capital from the central budget, the city will continue to carry out the next procedures of the project.

She also informed that this morning the Department of Health worked with the Government Inspectorate and the department provided complete documents as requested by the Government Inspectorate to conduct an inspection of this project.

Previously, at the meeting with voters of Can Tho city on July 13, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed to remove obstacles for the Can Tho Oncology Hospital project.

"The Oncology Hospital has been dragging on for too many years. ODA capital support must be re-circulated, inspected, checked, and clearly defined as individual and collective responsibilities, and a new solution proposed for public investment must be proposed. The hospital will be inaugurated in 2026. I assign the Party Committee and the city government to do this at all costs. If necessary, propose to the Government and the Prime Minister," the Prime Minister directed.

As reported by Tuoi Tre Online , Can Tho Oncology Hospital started construction in October 2017, with a scale of 500 beds and a total investment of more than 1,700 billion VND, of which ODA loan capital is nearly 1,400 billion VND and more than 334 billion VND of counterpart capital from the city.

The project has disbursed 253 billion VND, mainly completed the rough construction, medical equipment and interior have not been installed yet. Since July 2022, the project has stopped construction until now.

Meanwhile, the existing Can Tho Oncology Hospital is seriously degraded and overloaded, unable to meet the medical examination and treatment needs of people in Can Tho city and the Mekong Delta region.

CHI QUOC

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/can-tho-da-cung-cap-day-du-ho-so-du-an-benh-vien-ung-buou-cho-thanh-tra-chinh-phu-20250730184513345.htm