On December 12, Hue Central Hospital held a ceremony to celebrate the 130th anniversary of its founding. Accordingly, in 1894, the first Western hospital in Vietnam was established under the decree of King Thanh Thai. In 1944, it was officially named Hue Central Hospital, and to date, it has been 130 years of construction and development.
Over 130 years, the hospital has a team of highly qualified, dedicated and ethical staff, including 9 People's Doctors, 143 Excellent Doctors; nearly 200 Professors, Associate Professors, Doctors, Senior Physicians and over 1,500 University and Postgraduate staff.
The hospital is a prestigious practice facility for Universities and Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy nationwide, a center for specialized training, guidance and technology transfer to many lower-level hospitals. Many Professors, Doctors, Level II Specialists, and Resident Doctors have been trained and matured from here to serve all over the country.
The hospital has established 15 centers, 109 clinical and paraclinical departments, 14 functional rooms, is a practical training facility of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, and is also a place to welcome many foreign doctors to research and study.
Over 130 years, Hue Central Hospital has become a trusted address for high-quality care and treatment. Every year, there are over 800,000 patient visits, 180,000 inpatients, and up to 51,000 surgeries.
The hospital has achieved great achievements in the fields of organ transplantation (such as heart transplantation with 14 successful cases, kidney transplantation with over 2,000 successful cases, stem cell transplantation, corneal transplantation); hundreds of new techniques have been updated and implemented, the successful treatment of difficult cases always reaches a high rate nationwide.
Especially in recent years, the hospital has continuously made many breakthroughs in the fields of high-tech, specialized treatment, becoming one of the major centers to successfully perform the triple organ transplant "heart, liver, kidney", and 100% successful cross-Vietnam heart transplant.
On this occasion, Hue Central Hospital held a ceremony to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the hospital's founding and simultaneously organized the 2024 Conference of Hospital Directors Club of Central Provinces, which opened on the afternoon of December 11.
