A 500-sickbed cancer hospital
will be put into operation in the central city of Da Nang in October and will
give free treatment to poor patients, the Da Nang City Sponsoring Association
for Poor Women and Children said.
Vice president of the association
Nguyen Thi Van Lan made the statement in an interview with Tuoi Tre yesterday.
The hospital has been built on an
area of 15 hectares with a total investment of VND1,300 billion (US$62.3
million), which was mainly contributed by benefactors, businesses, and
non-government organizations.
The city authorities have also
asked the government to finance the purchases of medical equipment for the
hospital, Lan added.
With the new hospital in
operation, cancer patients in central Vietnam can be examined and treated in
the city, instead of having to seek treatment in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.
Poor patients in the central
region who obtained a poor household certificate issued by their local
authorities will be totally exempted from hospital fees, which will be paid by
Da Nang Health Insurance and the association.
Also, relatives of poor patients
will be given free meals during the time they stay at the hospital to take care
of those patients.
Da Nang City Party Committee
secretary Nguyen Ba Thanh suggested the association give support to families of
poor patients to help improve their living conditions, Lan said.
As for patients who are not
classified as poor, Thanh advised the hospital to charge them equal or less
than the prices at other hospitals.
In terms of examination and
treatment quality, Lan said, “This is a humanitarian hospital, but it is
equipped with advanced equipment for cancer treatment. We have recruited 500
qualified doctors and nurses and sent them to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for training.
Some of them have been trained aboard.”
TUOI TRE
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