The Ministry of Health has just issued a document proposing a plan to rearrange and reorganize public service units under the Ministry of Health.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Health proposed that 25 hospitals out of 39 hospitals continue to be under the Ministry. Two hospitals will be merged into other units, the rest will be transferred as is or become facilities of other hospitals.
Specifically, frontline hospitals continue to be under the Ministry such as Bach Mai Hospital, K Hospital, Viet Duc Hospital, National Children's Hospital, National Obstetrics Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital, Hanoi National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology, etc.

According to the proposed plan, most frontline hospitals will continue to be under the Ministry of Health (Photo: Bach Mai Hospital, Branch 2: Duc Van).
Some specialized hospitals will merge into central general hospitals or large-scale units. For example, Can Tho Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital will merge into Can Tho General Hospital, and Ho Chi Minh City Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital will merge into Thong Nhat Hospital.
Meanwhile, Hospital E will become a facility under Bach Mai Hospital, forming a hospital chain model.
In addition, many specialized hospitals are proposed to be handed over in their original state to localities.
According to the proposed plan of the Ministry of Health, the Central Psychiatric Hospital II will be transferred to the People's Committee of Dong Nai province, the Quy Hoa Central Leprosy and Dermatology Hospital will be transferred to Gia Lai province, the Central Hospital 74 will be transferred to Phu Tho province, the Quang Nam Central General Hospital will be transferred to Da Nang city, and the Vietnam - Cuba Dong Hoi Hospital will be transferred to the People's Committee of Quang Tri province...
The Ministry of Health also proposed that some hospitals be transferred to become practice hospitals for medical universities. For example, the Danang Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital was transferred to the Danang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, while the Central Hospital 71 and the Central Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospital were transferred to the Hanoi Medical University.
Central CDC will be established
With the prevention and inspection system, the Ministry of Health proposed that the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology will continue to be under the Ministry, performing the functions of the central CDC. The Institute of Nutrition, the Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health and the Central Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology will merge into the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.
In the South, the Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology of Ho Chi Minh City and the Institute of Public Health of Ho Chi Minh City merged into the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City.
The system of inspection institutes, forensic medicine and basic vaccine and biological medical research units will remain intact. In particular, the Forensic Psychiatric Centers in the Central, Southwest, Central Highlands, Ho Chi Minh City and Northern mountainous regions will be transferred to local management in their original state.
Plan for arrangement of medical training facilities
Universities such as Hanoi Medical University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nam Dinh University of Nursing... continue to be under the Ministry of Health.
Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy will receive Hai Duong University of Medical Technology. Hai Duong Central College of Pharmacy will merge into Hanoi University of Pharmacy.
With the SOS Vietnam system and the grassroots SOS system, the Ministry of Health proposed transferring the status quo to the People's Committees of the provinces for management.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/bo-y-te-de-xuat-phuong-an-sap-xep-39-benh-vien-truc-thuoc-20251010180937221.htm










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