Establishment of Stroke Unit at Phu Yen General Hospital

On the afternoon of October 4, Phu Yen General Hospital held a conference to announce the decision to establish a Stroke Unit.

Attending were Associate Professor, Doctor, Doctor Nguyen Huy Thang, Vice President of Vietnam Stroke Association; leaders of the Department of Health and medical units in the whole province.

Doctor CKII Tran Anh Dung, Director of Phu Yen General Hospital delivered the opening speech at the conference.

In 2024, Phu Yen General Hospital treated 1,229 patients with cerebral infarction and 351 patients with cerebral hemorrhage. In the first 6 months of 2025, the corresponding figures were 730 and 180. Based on an incidence rate of about 200/100,000 people/year and a regional population of approximately 1 million, it is estimated that there are about 2,000 new stroke cases each year in the eastern region of Dak Lak province.

Thus, Phu Yen General Hospital is receiving and treating nearly 3/4 of the region's new stroke cases. This affirms its leading role in stroke care in the locality.

Director of Phu Yen General Hospital awarded the decision to establish the Stroke Unit to the Department of Neurology - Endocrinology.

Along with that, the hospital also has enough human resources, facilities, equipment, drugs, consumables... in diagnosing and treating stroke. Therefore, Phu Yen General Hospital decided to establish a Stroke Unit under the Department of Neurology - Endocrinology.

Associate Professor, PhD, Doctor Nguyen Huy Thang, Vice President of Vietnam Stroke Association (third from right) awarded the gold standard certificate in stroke treatment to Phu Yen General Hospital.

Doctor CKII Tran Anh Dung, Director of the hospital, said: "The establishment of the Stroke Unit will help reduce the overload at upper-level hospitals, help treat patients on-site in the province and neighboring areas, as well as create opportunities for the hospital to continue developing high-quality human resources, promote scientific research and apply the latest achievements of medicine into practice."

Doctor CKII Pham Minh Huu, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, spoke at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Dr. Pham Minh Huu, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, said: "The Stroke Unit needs to quickly stabilize its organization, synchronously deploy professional processes, optimize emergency care, diagnosis and treatment; continuously raise public awareness by coordinating with lower-level medical facilities and the media so that people know how to recognize early signs of stroke and promptly take them to the hospital for treatment...".

On this occasion, Phu Yen General Hospital also organized a scientific seminar on Recanalization treatment in acute cerebral infarction, with the participation of specialists from People's Hospital 115, Tay Nguyen University, Phu Yen General Hospital around the issue of stroke. Specifically, recanalization treatment in acute cerebral infarction, stroke treatment and development orientation, cerebrovascular intervention techniques, thrombectomy intervention techniques in acute cerebral infarction...

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/xa-hoi/202510/thanh-lap-don-vi-dot-quy-tai-benh-vien-da-khoa-phu-yen-c0d0cd9/