Deputy PM Le Thanh Long inspects second establishments of Bach Mai and Viet Duc Hospitals in Ninh Binh

After inspecting the progress of construction and installation items at the second establishment projects of the Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc Hospital, Long and the working delegation worked with Ninh Binh province’s leaders to discuss and put forth solutions to remove difficulties and hindrances in a bid to complete these projects as scheduled.

According to a representative of the Ministry of Health, the progress of construction and installation at the second establishment projects of the Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc Hospital will be basically completed before the end of next month.

Currently, the two hospitals have bought some medical equipment and held bidding to acquire other medical equipment. The equipment installation and tranfer will be completed before April 30, 2026.

Leaders of the hospitals reported on the progress of assigning personnel, completing IT infrastructure to soon have synchonised connectivity in operation between the first and second facilities as well as plans to acquire medical equipment for the second facilities when they are put into operation.

They also suggested some issues to the Government, Ministry of Health, ministries, and sectors related to the procurement of equipment and medical devices; and the approval of special financial mechanisms for the hospitals to recruit medical staff for the two second establishments.

In his conclusion, Deputy PM Le Thanh Long acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of Health, the Project Management Board, the two hospitals and contractors in implementing their tasks to achieve positive results in the construction progress of the two projects.

To put the two second facilities into operation as scheduled, Long requested the Ministry of Health coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to put forth solutions to remove financial mechanism obstacles and speed up payment for completed workload for contractors; and pay due attention to accelerating the progress and inspection of the quality of the projects.

Contractors need to arrange engineers and workers to speed up the progress of equipment, IT infrastructure, and fire control and prevention bidding packages, thus meeting criteria for operation of these establishments, he said./.