Tam Anh General Hospital contributes stroke emergency capacity to the city

On June 8, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City and the 115 Emergency Center in Ho Chi Minh City signed an announcement to introduce the 115 Satellite Emergency Station to improve the capacity and emergency response capacity for the city's residents, especially for stroke and dangerous diseases.

Delegates attended the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially launch the 115 Satellite Emergency Station at Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.

Development of modern emergency stations

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Quang Binh, Professional Director of Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said that the hospital's advantage is that it is located right in the city center, gathering many leading experts and good doctors in many fields such as emergency resuscitation, cardiovascular, stroke, obstetrics, musculoskeletal, pediatrics, digestive, etc.

In particular, the hospital has a very modern system of equipment and machinery, rare in the world such as the 10th specialized cranial neurosurgery robot system for stroke and brain tumor in the world; specialized vascular intervention system for heart and brain stroke; specialized imaging diagnostic equipment system for musculoskeletal system that can examine in many positions and support quick surgical guidance,...

The first 1975-slice CT system integrated with artificial intelligence in Southeast Asia (* GE Healthcare's 1975 CT system) helps the diagnosis and treatment process to be quick, accurate, effective, safe, and minimizes complications and sequelae.

Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital

"The 115 satellite emergency station at Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City was established in the context that the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just signed and approved the project of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on "Developing the out-of-hospital emergency system in Ho Chi Minh City from now until 2030 and the following years" in a professional and modern direction.

The cooperation in deploying the 115 Ho Chi Minh City Satellite Emergency Station at the hospital is an important activity in promoting the city's external medical emergency network, mobilizing the strength of non-public health, bringing benefits to the people. Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City is also located close to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, convenient for cases of transferring patients by air or ready to respond to emergency situations requiring travel by this means, as well as emergency care for passengers transferred from the airport," Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Quang Binh emphasized.

Always be ready

Participating in the city's 115 Emergency Network, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City contributes a modern ambulance with full equipment and highly specialized personnel, ready to perform first aid at the scene, at the patient's home with the same professional quality as at the hospital for many situations, especially the home stroke emergency plan for patients with difficulty moving or long distances from hospitals to save the maximum golden time of this dangerous condition.

The hospital is also equipped with an emergency resuscitation center with modern equipment and machinery that allows for the implementation of many advanced emergency resuscitation techniques, capable of saving patients at a very high rate, minimizing sequelae, applicable to both children and adults; such as the red alert procedure for patients requiring emergency care and other emergency response procedures... which are built, trained and applied routinely and professionally.

The emergency resuscitation center is invested with the most advanced equipment and machinery, allowing for the implementation of many advanced emergency resuscitation techniques.

Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital

Associate Professor, Doctor Phan Thi Xuan - Head of the Emergency Department and Head of the Department of Intensive Care - Anti-Poison, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City (former Head of the Department of Emergency Care, Cho Ray Hospital) emphasized that with its outstanding advantages and capabilities, this satellite emergency station helps medical teams quickly access patients, shortening the golden time for emergency care; meeting the needs of emergency care outside the hospital, especially for people in Tan Binh district, Tan Son Nhat airport area and neighboring areas.

The hospital fully meets the requirements of human resources, on-duty time and service facilities to become a 115 Satellite Emergency Station of Ho Chi Minh City; ready for all emergency situations from the mobilization of the 115 Call Center, the Board of Directors, and the Hospital's leaders; or during festival activities taking place in the Ho Chi Minh City area under the direction of the Department of Health.

Emergency team at Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City

Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital

Becoming a 115 Satellite Emergency Station, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City is always ready with a 24/7 emergency team that is connected to receive calls from the 115 Call Center - Ho Chi Minh City 115 Emergency Center. The hospital applies the process of dispatching an ambulance within only 3 - 5 minutes, immediately after receiving dispatch from the 115 Emergency Center.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bvdk-tam-anh-dong-gop-nang-luc-cap-cuu-dot-quy-cho-thanh-pho-18524060813373833.htm