Ho Chi Minh City has 6 more satellite emergency stations, ambulances arrive at the scene faster

The Ho Chi Minh City 115 Emergency Center has just held a ceremony to launch 6 satellite emergency stations in the area. As the network is increasingly expanded, people will be able to get to the emergency room faster.

Signing ceremony of coordination regulations between 115 Emergency Center and medical centers in region 2 - Photo: 115 Emergency Center

On September 20, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City 115 Emergency Center Nguyen Duy Long said that the unit had coordinated with the Bac Tan Uyen Regional Medical Center to organize the launching ceremony of the 115 emergency satellite station for medical centers in Region 2 (formerly Binh Duong ), bringing the total number of stations to 59.

This is an important milestone in expanding the out-of-hospital emergency network to meet the primary health care needs of the people, especially in the context of the city after the adjustment of administrative boundaries.

Accordingly, the 6 115 emergency satellite stations in region 2 include regional medical centers: Thu Dau Mot, Ben Cat, Tan Uyen, Bac Tan Uyen, Bau Bang, and Phu Giao.

This not only improves people's access to emergency services but also demonstrates the city's health sector's determination to shorten the time to reach the scene, ensuring that patients receive timely emergency care, anytime, anywhere.

According to Dr. Nguyen Duy Long, improving the capacity, quality, and coverage of out-of-hospital emergency care is a key task of the city's health sector from now until 2030 and the following years.

In the coming time, the foreign emergency network will continue to expand, with special attention paid to mobilizing the participation of private medical facilities, ensuring timely emergency services covering all residential areas.

Merging into the 115 system of Ho Chi Minh City: faster and more synchronized emergency care

Before July 1, Binh Duong had not yet established a 115 Emergency Center. Emergency care outside the hospital was mainly handled by local medical units, and had not been coordinated and unified in terms of procedures and management. When people needed emergency care, they often had to contact the nearest hospital or medical center directly, leading to differences in response speed and quality.

From July 1, all calls from people to 115 will be routed to the 115 Emergency Center of Ho Chi Minh City.

Here, information is received, consulted and coordinated centrally, helping to manage the entire system more uniformly, synchronously and systematically.

After merging and coordinating centrally through the 115 number, the number of vehicle dispatches, patient access and hospital transfers all increased significantly, with an increase of more than 50% in most indicators. People will have faster access to healthcare, including in remote areas.

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