HCM City announces hospital quality assessment results
Twenty hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have been rated as ‘good’ based on a set of criteria issued by the Ministry of Health, according to the municipal Department of Health.
A patient registers for health check-up at the Thu Duc Hospital in HCM City (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) -Twenty hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have been rated as ‘good’ based on a setof criteria issued by the Ministry of Health, according to the municipalDepartment of Health.
The criteria grades hospitalson a scale of five points as bad, average, moderately good, good, and verygood.
The People’s 115 Hospital gotthe most points (4.47), followed by Hoan My Sai Gon General Hospital (4.45),Children’s Hospital No.1 (4.44), People’s Gia Dinh Hospital (4.44), and Hung VuongHospital (4.38).
A district-level hospital eachin districts Thu Duc, 11 and 2 were also rated as ‘good’.
Most hospitals scoring highlyhave adopted various innovative solutions and activities to improve servicesand increase patient satisfaction, the department said on its website.
The hospitals with the lowestpoints were Anh Minh General Hospital (2.06), Than Dan Hospital (2.08),District 3 Hospital (2.13), Han Quoc Aesthetic Kim Hospital (2.27), AVA VanLang Cosmetic Surgery Hospital (2.33), and Thao Dien Cosmetic SurgeryInternational Hospital (2.48).
Last year only 12 hospitals hadscored four points or above.
Eighty six hospitals were ratedas ‘moderately good’ after scoring three points or above this year, an increasefrom 77 last year.
Between November 11 andDecember 12, the department conducted assessments of 110 hospitals.
They included 32 city-levelhospitals, 23 district-level hospitals, 53 private hospitals, and two publichospitals managed by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs andthe Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group./.
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A patient registers for health check-up at the Thu Duc Hospital in HCM City (Source: VNA) 
