In the first 6 months of 2024, Cho Ray Hospital received more than 760,000 patients for examination and emergency care. Overcrowding occurred in some departments due to the characteristics of a tertiary general hospital.

On August 7, Cho Ray Hospital announced that the Ministry of Health's working group had just had a working session to inspect and evaluate the hospital's quality. Dr. Nguyen Trong Khoa, Deputy Director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management, was the head of the group.

At the inspection, Associate Professor, Dr. Lam Viet Trung, Deputy Director of Cho Ray Hospital, informed about the hospital's operations in 2023 and the first 6 months of 2024. Accordingly, Cho Ray Hospital has made many efforts to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment, typically applying information technology in administrative procedure reform, resolving congestion and reducing waiting time, investing and purchasing many modern equipment, implementing 3D bone grafting techniques or fractionated Gamma Knife radiotherapy...

However, Cho Ray Hospital is still overloaded in the Outpatient Department and some inpatient departments due to the characteristics of a tertiary general hospital, most of the patients are seriously ill and very seriously ill. In the first 6 months of 2024, there were over 760,000 patients coming for examination and emergency care, and over 135,000 inpatients. On average, the hospital examines about 5,600 people per day. At present, Cho Ray Hospital does not have a shortage of medicine or medical supplies, affecting treatment.

After a field survey, Dr. Nguyen Trong Khoa highly appreciated the efforts to improve the quality of Cho Ray Hospital in the context of many difficulties in the health sector. The hospital has continuously developed expertise, cooperated internationally, supported lower levels, supported blood supply for hospitals in the Mekong Delta, developed guidelines for antibiotic use, saving the hospital billions of dong...

Dr. Nguyen Trong Khoa also noted some points to improve medical examination and treatment such as redrawing the guidelines for the Examination Department, arranging a room for changing clothes and bedding for patients, organizing a patient care system, adjusting the recording form...

This week, the Ministry of Health's Quality Assessment Inspection Team will continue to work with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Thong Nhat Hospital, and the Central Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology in Ho Chi Minh City. It is expected that on the afternoon of August 8, the Ministry of Health will work with a number of hospitals under the Ministry in Ho Chi Minh City on medical examination and treatment, medicine and medical supplies.

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