Ba Ria Hospital lacks doctors and equipment

SGGP 11/03/2023 06:40

At Ba Ria Hospital ( Ba Ria - Vung Tau province), since the beginning of 2022, there has been a mass resignation of medical staff and doctors, causing the unit to fall into a serious shortage of personnel.

Specifically, 86 employees and civil servants quit their jobs, including 38 doctors, 26 nurses, and the rest were employees doing other jobs. Overall, Ba Ria Hospital is currently short of 218 employees compared to the assigned number.

Not only is there a lack of human resources, most of the hospital's equipment, which was put into operation in December 2014, has been damaged. Although it has been repaired, it still cannot meet operational needs. According to the report, as of January 31, 2023, the hospital still has a debt of more than 183 billion VND.

Meanwhile, Vung Tau Hospital is also facing some difficulties and shortcomings such as: lack of inpatient beds, no warehouse system to store chemicals, medicines, machinery and equipment; the wastewater treatment system has not been handed over by the provincial civil and industrial project management board and the wastewater does not meet standards; many offices are leaking; some equipment such as MRI machines have been used for many years and are damaged, requiring new investment.

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