Quyết định 139/TTg

Decision No.139-TTg of March 7, 1997 of the Prime Minister ratifying the program on the construction of Ho Chi Minh City Specialized Medical Center.

The program�s general objective is to build and develop health and medical establishments in Ho Chi Minh City into a strong center, which shall be modernized step by step to keep pace with countries in the region and other countries in the world, and better contribute to a better health care for the people.

The program�s concrete objectives are to upgrade and supplement equipment to raise the quality of diagnoses, emergency aid and treatment; to invest in the construction and upgrading of infrastructures suited to the equipment and better serving the patients; to enhance the training and raising the professional and managerial skills of cadres in the medical service.

Units targeted for investment in Ho Chi Minh City Specialized Medical Center:

Units under central management: the Cho Ray Hospital, the Thong Nhat Hospital, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute, the 175 Army Hospital, the Ho Chi Minh City Medical and Phamarceutical University;

Units under the management of Ho Chi Minh City: the Children�s Hospital No.I, the Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital, the People�s Hospital, the Medical Cadres Training and Fostering Center, the Tumor and Goiter Center, the Center for Blood Transfusion and Hemotology, the Emergency Aid Center, the Cho Quan Tropical Diseases Center, the Pham Ngoc Thanh Tuberculosis Center, the Traumatology and Orthopedics Center, the Cardiology Institute.

The program shall be carried out in two phases:

- 1997-2000: To invest in upgrading the equipment and facilities of member units of the Center;

- 2000-2005: To continue the investment in the Center�s member units.- (Summary)