Thu Duc Regional General Hospital aims to develop into 'the medical support in the East of Ho Chi Minh City'

SKĐS - On November 14, at the 2025 Science and Technology Conference organized by Thu Duc Regional General Hospital, Dr. Ho Thanh Phong - Head of General Planning Department, introduced the development roadmap for the period 2025 - 2030 of Thu Duc Regional General Hospital, with many impressive goals.

"The hospital is implementing a development roadmap for the 2025-2030 period with the goal of becoming a complete Grade I general hospital, including a Trauma Center, playing a pivotal role in the Thu Duc specialized medical cluster and the eastern gateway of Ho Chi Minh City," said Dr. Phong.

New 1,000-bed facility, the largest in the eastern part of Ho Chi Minh City

Thu Duc Regional General Hospital was newly built by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City with a scale of 1,000 beds, an area of ​​over 54,000 m², including 10 floors above ground and 1 basement. Modern infrastructure helps the hospital receive a large number of patients from Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Binh Duong , Dong Nai, Ba Ria - Vung Tau - which are areas with 1 to 2 million people, dense traffic and frequent serious injuries.

Thu Duc Regional General Hospital was newly invested in and built by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.

From April to September 2025, the hospital completed the relocation of the entire examination, testing, imaging diagnostics and inpatient departments to the new facility; at the same time, deployed new medical examination software, cashless payment and electronic medical records.

In 5 years (2021 - 2025), the total hospital workforce will increase from 677 to 958 people. The number of specialist II doctors will increase from 14 to 29 people; specialist I doctors will increase from 62 to 84 people. The hospital will continuously send staff to participate in long-term training and short-term courses, developing its workforce in key specialties such as resuscitation - emergency, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, diagnostic imaging, anesthesia and resuscitation...

By the end of 2024, the hospital will have a list of 10,606 techniques approved, covering the following areas: Resuscitation - Emergency, Surgery, Pediatrics, Interventional Radiology, Endoscopic Surgery, Microsurgery, Testing, Pathology...

"A major focus in the 2025-2030 strategy is to build a Level 1 Trauma Center - a model that the eastern part of Ho Chi Minh City currently does not have," Dr. Phong informed.

Dr. Ho Thanh Phong - Head of General Planning Department, Thu Duc Regional General Hospital reported at the conference.

The center is expected to have 14 trauma emergency beds, 20 surgical intensive care beds, 35 trauma and burn beds; a red alert system; an emergency surgery area; on-site CT scan; an ultrasound and post-operative recovery room. The establishment of the center will help shorten the "golden time" for treating serious injuries and reduce the burden on central hospitals.

Promoting endovascular intervention – achieving stroke diamond certification

Endovascular intervention is one of the hospital's key specialties, with techniques such as coronary intervention, neurointervention, stent placement, thrombus aspiration, aneurysm treatment, embolization in multiple trauma, etc.

According to Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, the number of interventions using the DSA system at Thu Duc Regional General Hospital increased sharply, from 796 cases in 2023 to 1,049 cases in just the first 9 months of 2025.

The hospital's stroke unit will achieve diamond certification in the second quarter of 2025, after continuously achieving gold and platinum standards in 2022 - 2024. The rate of revascularization in stroke patients will increase from 9% (second half of 2022) to 22% (first 6 months of 2025).

View of the conference plenary session.

Regarding the cooperation activities, Dr. Phong emphasized that the hospital is particularly interested and will increase more in the coming days. Currently, Thu Duc Regional General Hospital is receiving specialized support from the final hospitals of Ho Chi Minh City.

Specifically: Binh Dan Hospital (specialized surgery); Gia Dinh People's Hospital (emergency resuscitation, interventional radiology, obstetrics and gynecology, training - quality management - IT); Children's Hospital 2 (pediatric - neonatal resuscitation, pediatric anesthesia and resuscitation, pediatric trauma); Central Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology, Ho Chi Minh City (development of Odonto-Stomatology techniques, especially maxillofacial trauma); Ho Chi Minh City Heart Institute (cardiac surgery); Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital (multimodal cancer treatment); 115 Emergency Center (coordinates the reception of severe trauma).

Towards international standards in some specialties

According to Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, in the period 2025 - 2030, the hospital will focus on three target groups. First is to improve capacity: Strengthening Emergency, Resuscitation, Internal Medicine - Pediatrics, and Paraclinical.

The next is comprehensive development: Completing the departments of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Dentistry, Rehabilitation, etc. Finally, specialized orientation: Endovascular intervention; Neurosurgery - blood vessels - cancer; Developing a Level I Trauma Center.

"Thu Duc Regional General Hospital strives to become a complete Grade I hospital, one of the pillars of Thu Duc Specialized Medical Cluster and contribute to making Ho Chi Minh City a healthcare center of the ASEAN region," emphasized Dr. Ho Thanh Phong.

The 2025 Science and Technology Conference organized by Thu Duc Regional General Hospital attracted a large number of domestic and foreign experts and scientists. The conference had 1 plenary session and 5 thematic sessions, with a total of 78 scientific reports. Notably, Vietnamese-American experts working at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital reported on very meaningful topics related to the field of clinical pharmacy.

Dr. Cao Tan Phuoc - Director of Thu Duc Regional General Hospital delivered the opening speech at the conference.

According to Dr. Cao Tan Phuoc - Director of Thu Duc Regional General Hospital, the conference is an opportunity for doctors, pharmacists, and nurses of the hospital to learn and update their specialized knowledge, and at the same time access many new and in-depth techniques from domestic and foreign reporters.

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