Military Hospital 175 is the central hospital for the south region of the ministry of defense, located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was founded in 1975 by unifying a few military medical divisions and units, most notably K116, K72, and K59, initially to serve veterans and military officers after the Vietnam war.[1] Over the years, it has been slowly opened to the general public and now also acts as a district hospital as well as a trauma center for the civilians.[2]

Military Hospital 175
Ministry of defense (Vietnam)
Map
Geography
Location786 Nguyễn Kiệm, Phường 3, Gò Vấp, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Coordinates10°49′07.8″N 106°40′48.4″E / 10.818833°N 106.680111°E / 10.818833; 106.680111
Organisation
TypeDistrict
Services
Emergency departmentYes
HelipadYes
History
Opened26 May 1975; 48 years ago (1975-05-26)
Links
Websitehttp://www.benhvien175.vn/
ListsHospitals in Vietnam

Current board of directors edit

  • Director: Maj. Gen. Assoc. Prof. Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Ph.D[2]
  • Vice director of general planning: Brig. Trần Quốc Việt, Ph.D[3]
  • Vice director of surgical departments: Brig. Trần Lê Đồng, Ph.D[4][5]
  • Vice director of medical departments: Brig. Trương Đình Cẩm, Ph.D[6][5]
  • Vice director of military: Brig. Trần Đức Thắng[7]

Notable departments and divisions edit

Trauma center edit

Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center edit

The Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center was established on September 15, 2012.[8]

Bentiu Level 2 Hospital edit

In 2018, in supporting the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UK Engineer Task Force had built a Level 2 Hospital in Bentiu, South Sudan while 175 hospital had deployed a Vietnamese Hospital unit consisted of 63-strong medical contingent to undertake Vietnam's first-ever UN peacekeeping mission. The first rotation is expected to last 18 month.[9] [10] [11]

Spratly Islands unit edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Lịch sử hình thành và phát triển Bệnh viện Quân y 175" [History of founding and development of 175 military hospital] (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b KIM HUYEN; THANH SON (December 22, 2018). "Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visits and works at Military Hospital 175". Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ "From Bentiu with love!".
  4. ^ SONG AN (1 December 2015). "Hai chiến công trên biển của những chiến sĩ áo trắng" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b Lê Phương (2 November 2018). "Bệnh viện Quân y 175 khám bệnh và mổ ngoài giờ" (in Vietnamese).
  6. ^ SONG AN (21 July 2017). "Bệnh viện Quân y 175: Cấp cứu, điều trị thành công bệnh nhân bị nhồi máu cơ tim cấp" [Military Hospital 175: Successfully treated a case of MI] (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. ^ Brig. Trần Đức Thắng (December 10, 2018). "Financial Autonomy at the Military Hospital 175".
  8. ^ "Military hospital asked to boost cancer treatment". September 22, 2017.
  9. ^ vnmission (9 October 2018). "U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Makes Third Visit to Vietnam in Nine Months".
  10. ^ "Vietnamese hospital unit take over from RAF on OP TRENTON". 26 Oct 2018.
  11. ^ BEATRICE MATEGWA (3 Oct 2018). "A history arrival for Vietnam and the United Nations".