Hospital leaves the province in fine health

June 18, 2012 | 14:16

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Northern Hai Duong province is to get an international standard hospital following an investment agreement between Dai An Industrial Park’s developer and Canada’s Trip Eye Company.

The agreement was signed in Canada during a recent business visit led by Hai Duong Provincial People’s Committee chairman Nguyen Manh Hien. The 200-room hospital which will see $160 million spent on the first phase is expected to start construction in early 2013 and come online in 2015 to serve 20,000 workers at the park and the public.

“We are working with the investor so that the project will take shape soon,” said Mai Duc Chon, Hai Duong Provincial Industrial Parks Management Authority director. About half an hour drive from Hanoi, Hai Duong is emerging as one of Vietnam’s top destinations for given its geographical location and synchronised policies.

The proposed hospital will meet Vietnam’s growing need for quality medical services as the nation has 20.5 beds for every 10,000 citizens. This ratio is low compared to 33 considered to be the minimum level set by the World Health Organization. It is 86 in South Korea and 140 in Japan.

In a similar development, foreign-invested City International Hospital, first hospital in the International Hi-Tech Healthcare Park (IHHP) developed by Hoa Lam-Shangri-La, is on track to complete the construction by the end of 2012.

The hospital, consisting of 319 beds, will be managed by Singapore-based private healthcare group ParkwayHealth. The $400 million IHHP, covering around 37.6 hectares in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan district, is a fully integrated ‘Medical City’ with approximately one million square metres of gross floor area upon completion and 1,750 beds. It is expected to be developed over a period of 10 years.

Besides, domestic Vingroup in January this year officially put a 600-bed hospital in Hanoi into operation and is the largest private hospital in Vietnam at the moment. The hospital has 19 departments with 31 specialties and intensive support and high-tech units. In particular, Vinmec is the first hospital in Vietnam to offer single patient rooms, including 25 VIP rooms and two president suites, furnished to five-star standards.