First paediatric hospital put into operation
VGP - The Ha Noi Children’s Hospital, the first of its kind in the capital city, was inaugurated on October 9 on the occasion of the city’s 70th anniversary of Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2024).
The inauguration ceremony of he Ha Noi Children’s Hospital, Ha Noi, October 9, 2024
The hospital is one of 29 projects which will be labelled on the occasion of the anniversary.
Located in Yen Nghia ward of Ha Dong district, it covers more than 19,000 sq.m and has a total investment of VND654 billion (US$26.35 million) from the State budget. The fully-equipped hospital has 200 beds.
Vice Director of the Project Management Board of Hanoi Civil Works Nguyen Ngoc Tuong said that the project was approved in 2021 and started in April 2022. To date, all items of the projects have been completed, ensuring progress and quality.
Vice Chairwoman of the Ha Noi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha underlined that this is the city's first specialized pediatric hospital with 24 departments. Its commissioning shows the city's efforts in completing targets set by the municipal 17th Party Congress.
Ha asked the Ha Noi Department of Health and relevant agencies to promptly perfect the organization, human resources, and equipment for the hospital, ensuring its smooth operation in treatment as well as scientific research and training activities.
The department should continue reviewing people's health service demands, thus proposing the investment of the second phase of the project with an aim to increase the number of beds to 500, the official asked.
The project is launched on the occasion of the 70th Ha Noi's Liberation Day anniversary
At the ceremony, delegates presented gifts to children with disadvantaged backgrounds that are receiving treatment at the hospital.
The Ha Noi Children’s Hospital project has two phases - Photo: KinhteDothi
Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee, highly appreciated the efforts of the Health Department, Ha Dong District and other agencies to open the hospital on the anniversary.
Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai visits the children being treated at the Ha Noi Children's Hospital. Photo: Thanh Hai/The Hanoi Times
"The inauguration of the Ha Noi Children's Hospital demonstrates the efforts of the entire Ha Noi political system in implementing a program to improve the social welfare and quality of life of the city's residents. With a sense of responsibility, creativity and determination, they have smoothly coordinated to complete the project on the 70th anniversary of the capital's liberation," Hoai said.
On this occasion, the Ha Noi Department of Health was asked to invest soon in the second phase of the hospital to increase its capacity to 500 beds and become a top pediatric hospital in the capital.
"The capital's health sector will strive to develop specialized and general hospitals to meet the criteria of tertiary hospitals in the national health system," Hoai stressed./.
