Nghe An (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue attended a ceremony in central Nghe An province on April 11 where the Ministry of Health handed over a decisionrecognising the Nghe An General Friendship Hospital as an end-line hospital inmedical checkup and treatment in the north central region.

Handing over the decision to the hospital, Minister ofHealth Nguyen Thanh Long said that as a tertiary referral hospital providing healthcheck-up and treatment services, the Nghe An General Friendship Hospital will play a stronger role in the development of the health sector of Nghe An province in particular and the whole north central regionin general.

Long expressed his hope that the quality of services provided by the hospitalwill continue to be improved, dealing with the overload and bettermeeting the demand of residents in Nghe An as well as neighbouring provinces and Laos.
With the support of central hospitals, the 100-year-old NgheAn General Friendship Hospital has succeeded to master 90 percent of highmedical techniques practiced in central hospitals to treat difficult andcomplicated cases.

The minister asked the hospital to become a special-level hospital in the nextfive years.

Stressing that the health sector is striving to enhancemedical services for people and ensuring a fair, high-quality and effectivesystem, Long said that  theministry has paid special attention to facilitating poor people's access to medical services in the northwestern, northern central, south central, Central Highlandsand southwestern regions.

The recognition of the Nghe An General Friendship Hospital as an end-line hospital aims to realise this goal, he added.

Founded on September 18, 1918, the hospital is the biggestof its kind in Nghe An with 58 faculties and nearly 1,800 staff members.

On the occasion, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presented two ventilators tothe hospital, while Minister Nguyen Thanh Long also handed over two others to the facility.
Earlier on April 10, the NA leader paid tribute to PresidentHo Chi Minh at the Kim Lien Special National Relic Site in Nam Dan district of Nghe An province./.