Leaders of Military Hospital 121 received certificates of merit from the Prime Minister
Attending the ceremony were Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Lieutenant General Nguyen Xuan Dat, Commander of Military Region 9; many generals and officers; A large number of delegates from provinces, cities, academies, universities, and hospitals inside and outside the military attended.
The celebration program was broadcast live by Can Tho City Radio and Television Station and live broadcast by Radio and Television Stations (Hau Giang, Soc Trang, An Giang, Ca Mau).
Doctor 2 Nguyen Minh Thuan spoke at the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Military Hospital 121
Impressive information
Speech to welcome the 60th anniversary, distinguished physician, colonel, BS.CK2 Nguyen Minh Thuan, Director of Military Hospital 121, said that on March 15.3.1964, 12, the Military Hospital at the Military Region level (codename Z121, Former Military Hospital 320) was established from the merger of Infirmary 50, C42 and surgical teams F48, F15 stationed in Ca Mau with very modest equipment and numbers. Born at a time when the resistance war for national salvation was entering its most fierce period, the faculties had to be stationed 20 to XNUMX km away from each other and fought almost completely independently.
By the end of 1966, Z12 changed its code name to V.121 with the Sub-Institutes V.121A and V.121B. Only 2 years after its establishment, V.121 has treated more than 2.820 wounded and sick soldiers (TB, BB). During the 1968 Tet Offensive, V.121 treated over 1.200 TB and BBs. After the Tet Offensive, the battlefield became more and more difficult, but V.121 officers and soldiers always promoted the spirit of "all for the wounded" and "all for victory". To prepare for the general uprising offensive campaign in the spring of 1975, the Military Medical Department of Military Region 9 organized 20 detachments for forward service, of which V.121 had 9 detachments and treated more than 2.500 TB and BB; At the same time, he participated in taking over the enemy's Phan Thanh Gian Military Hospital in Can Tho, where Military Hospital 121 is located today.
According to Doctor 2 Nguyen Minh Thuan, in 10 years (1979 - 1989) doing international duty to help Cambodia escape genocide, Military Hospital 121 has overcome many difficulties and successfully completed all assigned tasks. deliver. With achievements in the resistance war for national liberation, 10 years of helping our country and the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, Military Hospital 121 has been honored twice as Hero of the People's Armed Forces (in 2). , 1976) and received 1998 medals and many other noble awards. Treatment team 81 was awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces. Treatment Team 1 received the Third Class Victory Medal. Military Hospital 3 has 121 Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, 6 individuals awarded medals, 133 general officers, 2 people's physicians, 3 elite physicians...
600-bed inpatient treatment area of Military Hospital 121
Many outstanding special victories
During the celebration program, the Organizing Committee announced a letter of commendation from General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Minister of National Defense, to officers, employees, soldiers, and doctors of the Military Hospital. y 121.
The content of the letter clearly states: After 60 years of building, striving and growing, under the leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the Party Committee, and the Command of Military Region 9, directly is the Party Committee and Commander of the Logistics Department; receive the dedicated attention and support of the party committee, government, and local people; close and effective coordination and synergy of agencies and units inside and outside the military; Generations of officers, employees, soldiers, and doctors of Military Hospital 121 have promoted the good nature and glorious traditions of the Heroic Vietnam People's Army; solidarity, creativity, self-reliance, self-reliance, overcoming difficulties, keeping abreast of battlefields, achieving many exceptionally outstanding feats in emergency care, treatment, cure, disease prevention, care, and protection. ensure the health of soldiers and people; actively contributing to the cause of national liberation, building and firmly defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and was twice awarded the title of Heroic People's Armed Forces Unit by the Party and State and many noble awards.
“I warmly commend and praise the achievements, progress and growth of Military Hospital 121 over the past 60 years. Hopefully, in the new revolutionary period, comrades will continue to promote the traditions of the Heroic Unit, promote learning and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style, and the campaign to promote Ho Chi Minh's tradition. system, dedication of talent, worthy of the title "Uncle Ho's soldiers", excellently completing all assigned tasks...", General Phan Van Giang stated in the letter.
In particular, at the ceremony, Lieutenant General Nguyen Xuan Diet, authorized by the Prime Minister, awarded the Prime Minister's Certificate of Merit to Military Hospital 121 for its outstanding achievements in training and work. and build units…
The leaders of Military Region 9 Command also presented Military Hospital 121 with a banner bearing the words "Improving medical ethics, mastering medical techniques, innovating and continuously developing".
The patient with a large tumor in the brain received timely life-saving surgery at Military Hospital 121
Military Hospital 121 is located at 01 Street 30/4, Tan An Ward, Ninh Kieu District (Can Tho City), is a class I general hospital. The hospital currently has over 540 officers and employees (more than 170 Doctors, university pharmacists, over 70% have postgraduate degrees, more than 80% of nurses have college degrees or higher) organized into 36 departments, examining an average of about 1.000 patients per day and treating Inpatient treatment of more than 500 patients.
