Bệnh viện Đa khoa tỉnh Quảng NinhFacility

Vietnam’s medical sector has recently increased the transfer of technology and professional qualification amongst doctors from central-level public hospitals to lower-level hospitals, helping to improve the quality of health check-ups and treatment in medical facilities in Quang Ninh province. In the past, most complicated surgeries such as cervicalvertebra replacement, spinal lumbar disk replacement, or brain tumor surgery were transferred to central hospitals. Now major hospitals in Quang Ninh can perform these surgeries. The provincial medical sector has invited professors and leading doctors from central hospitals to come and perform examinations, treatment, transfer of technology, and “on-the-job” training of doctors and medical staff in the province. Quang Ninh’s general hospitals and leading specialized hospitals have also invested in infrastructure and advanced equipment. “The hospital has been fitted with modern equipment. I don’t need to be transferred to a central hospital. It’s much more convenient for me and my family when I can be treated locally”, said Vu Hung Binh, a patient undergoing treatment at the Tumor and Cancer Department of Bai Chay Hospital. Many difficulties remain in developing a brand for provincial healthcare and making patients fully confident in local medical care. “In the past, provincial doctors and provincial hospitals couldn’t meet patients’ needs, forcing them to go to higher level hospitals. Patients used to skip medical examination and treatment at provincial hospitals and head straight for the top doctors to treat them. Patients are ready to pay high premiums for the highest possible insurance benefit level because higher-level hospitals…