The 1,000-bed City Children’s Hospital at Tan Kien specialised medical cluster in HCM City's Binh Chanh District. —VNA/VNS
HCM CITY: Tan Kien specialised medical cluster in HCM City will develop into a ‘medical campus’, the first of its kind in Vietnam, according to the Department of Health.
Covering an area of 73 hectares in Binh Chanh District’s Tan Kien Commune, its construction began in 2015.
The cluster is now home to Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, specialised hospitals and large medical facilities in the first phase of a project covering more than 33 hectares.
The 1,000-bed City Children’s Hospital was put into operation in 2018. This hospital has developed into a centre for intensive pediatric treatment of cancer, intensive care and anti-poisoning, cardiothoracic surgery, emergency care, neurosurgery, neonatology and genetic diseases.
Another specialised hospital at the cluster is the second branch of the Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital which was put into operation in 2021. The 300-bed hospital is the southern region’s top-tier hospital specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of blood diseases.
The second campus of Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine is expected to be inaugurated in 2025. The project includes lecture halls, administrative blocks, libraries and sports facilities.
The City Forensic Medicine Centre which was put into operation in 2023 is expected to develop into a specialised forensic research and training centre with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.
The city is implementing site clearance work for the second phase of the project.
In the second phase of the project, there will be a new branch of the 115 Emergency Centre, a 1,000-bed Trauma and Orthopaedics Hospital, a high-tech screening diagnostic centre, a blood bank and a practice hospital of the Phạm Ngoc Thach University of Medicine.
With the ‘hospital-institute” model, Tan Kien medical cluster not only helps improve the quality of health care but also creates an environment for advanced medical training and research, according to the department.
It is expected to reduce the overcrowding at major hospitals in the city and provide medical examination and treatment for people from the Cuu Long (Mekong Delta) provinces.
HCM City will invest more than VND69 trillion (US$2.7 billion) in the health sector in the medium-term public investment plans for 2021 – 2025 and 2026 – 2030 periods, according to its Department of Health.
In the 2021-2025 medium-term public investment plan, there are 42 projects with a total investment capital of VND20.4 trillion ($800.2 million), of which, the municipal People’s Council approved 35 projects with investment capital of VND13.7 trillion ($537.4 million).
The HCM City People’s Committee assigned the Department of Health to prepare pre-feasibility studies and investment proposals for the remaining seven projects in the 2021-2025 medium-term public investment plan and 65 projects with a total investment of VND48.7 trillion ($1.9 billion) in the medium-term public investment plan for 2026 – 2030. —Vietnam News/ANN
