Ho Chi Minh City proposes to open two specialized hospitals for oncology and obstetrics in the old Ba Ria - Vung Tau

On the morning of October 8, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong said that the department has just proposed to allocate land from the old Ba Ria Provincial Hospital and the old Le Loi Hospital to open a second facility of specialized oncology and obstetrics hospitals.

Con Dao residents are happy to be treated directly by Ho Chi Minh City specialists right in their hometown - Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health

Key tasks of the Ho Chi Minh City health sector

According to the head of the Ho Chi Minh City health sector, this is an important and groundbreaking activity that will help further improve the provision of health care services for people in the Ba Ria - Vung Tau area and tourists.

The city's health sector has identified the key task of soon deploying the second facilities of leading general and specialized hospitals in this area.

On September 19, through a field survey and a working session with leaders of Vung Tau ward, the Department of Health noted that in the Ba Ria and Vung Tau area, there are still many land locations that can be added to the land planning for the health sector.

Currently, there are two real estate facilities of Ba Ria Hospital (old) and Le Loi Hospital (old) that have not been reused after the two general hospitals above have moved to new facilities.

Through discussion and listening to the expectations of the authorities and people of Ba Ria - Vung Tau area, the use of the two above-mentioned real estate facilities should be prioritized for specialized hospitals in the fields of oncology and obstetrics.

"These are two specialties that for many years, the health sector of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (old) has encountered many difficulties in human resources, so it has not been able to deploy. People have to travel to higher-level hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City for examination and treatment, causing many difficulties for them and increasing the overload situation at the city's hospitals," Mr. Thuong added.

The project will be developed after approval by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

With the above assessment, on October 7, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health sent a document to the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the City People's Committee, requesting the City leaders to approve the policy for specialized hospitals at the end of the line in obstetrics and gynecology (Tu Du Hospital or Hung Vuong Hospital) to deploy a second facility at the old Le Loi Hospital (address 22 Le Loi, Vung Tau Ward).

Tu Du Hospital and Hung Vuong Hospital are self-financed public service units of group 1, so they will use the hospital's career development fund to implement the second facility, without using the city's budget.

At the same time, propose the City leaders to approve the policy for the Oncology Hospital to deploy a second facility at the old Ba Ria Hospital (address 13 Pham Ngoc Thach, Ba Ria ward).

This conversion is completely appropriate when these lands have been approved for detailed planning 1/500 in Decision No. 4316/QD-UBND dated June 10, 2025 of the People's Committee of Vung Tau City (old) and the planning project to become a hospital has been announced. At the same time, it is consistent with the orientation of the city's health sector on improving medical capacity in this area.

After the City People's Committee approves the policy, the Department of Health will coordinate with relevant departments and branches to develop a project to establish a second facility of the final specialized hospitals at the old Le Loi Hospital and the old Ba Ria Hospital to submit to the City People's Committee for consideration and approval.

Many activities to improve health care for people in Ba Ria - Vung Tau

Recently, the Ho Chi Minh City health sector has implemented many practical activities to improve the quality of health care services for people in the Ba Ria - Vung Tau area.

Typical examples include the rotation program of specialist doctors from leading hospitals in the city to work at the Con Dao Military-Civilian Medical Center; the program of signing support and technical transfer agreements between leading general and specialized hospitals in the city with Ba Ria General Hospital and Vung Tau General Hospital.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-kien-nghi-mo-co-so-2-benh-vien-chuyen-khoa-ung-buou-va-san-tai-ba-ria-vung-tau-cu-20251008062631734.htm