Can Tho Central General Hospital: Performed 10 kidney transplants, aiming for liver transplants

Can Tho Central General Hospital has just celebrated its 20th anniversary, marking an impressive development milestone for the Ministry of Health's final-line hospital in the Mekong Delta.

20 years ago, on May 12, 2005, Can Tho Central General Hospital was established on the basis of changing its name from Can Tho General Hospital. In the context of the increasing demand for medical examination and treatment of the people, in the initial stage, this hospital encountered many difficulties due to lack of equipment, limited human resources, and inadequate infrastructure.

The teams of Can Tho Central General Hospital have mastered many difficult and specialized techniques in all fields of internal medicine and surgery.

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Up to now, the hospital has gradually mastered many specialized techniques such as heart surgery, stroke intervention, endovascular intervention; cervical spine surgery, hip, knee, shoulder replacement surgery, arthroscopic ligament reconstruction; and routine implementation of a very difficult technique such as ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)...

In particular, in 2024, the hospital successfully performed the first kidney transplant in the Mekong Delta, becoming the 26th organ transplant center in the country. To date, after 1 year of implementation, the hospital has performed 10 kidney transplants. This is also the year that the hospital achieved a quality score of level 4 for the first time according to the assessment of the Ministry of Health, creating a solid foundation for the goal of becoming a special-class hospital by 2025.

The Board of Directors of Can Tho Central General Hospital presented flowers to express gratitude to the hospital's previous leaders and medical experts who have accompanied the hospital over the past 20 years.

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In addition to completing equipment, after 20 years of establishment, the hospital's human resources have also increased from 804 to 1,487 people; of which 65.55% of doctors are postgraduate trained.

According to specialist 2 Pham Thanh Phong, Deputy Director of Can Tho Central General Hospital , the hospital has been implementing a project to expand its area by an additional 3.5 hectares in the period 2025-2030. In addition to the goal of becoming a special-class hospital of the Ministry of Health in 2025, the hospital is also expanding and specializing its units. In particular, it is focusing on developing organ transplant techniques, in which the goal is to perform the first liver transplant in 2026.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/benh-vien-da-khoa-trung-uong-can-tho-thuc-hien-10-ca-ghep-than-huong-toi-ghep-gan-185250512175748951.htm