Two hospitals in Vietnam first to qualify for coveted AACI accreditation
City International Hospital and Gia An 115 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have become the first two in Vietnam to receive the accreditation from the American Accreditation Commission International (AACI), one of the world’s most prestigious healthcare accreditation organisations.
At the ceremony to hand over the AACI accreditation to City International Hospital and Gia An 115 Hospital in HCM City on November 28 (Photo: thanhnien.vn)
HCM City (VNA) – City International Hospitaland Gia An 115 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have become the first two in Vietnam to receive the accreditation from the American Accreditation CommissionInternational (AACI), one of the world’s most prestigioushealthcare accreditation organisations.
Speaking at a ceremony to receive the accreditation in HCMCity on November 28, Tran Thi Lam, President of Hoa Lam Group which runs thetwo hospitals, said the two have met all the 14 different criterial of the AACI.
Deputy Minister of Health Le Duc Luan hailed thecontributions by the Hoa Lam High-Tech Medical Complex in recent years as contributing to providing healthcare services to thousands of people each year.
He noted that the Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 20-NQ/TWset a target to raise the rate of beds provided by the private medical system to10% of the total beds in the country in 2025 and 30% in 2035, stressing thatthere is plenty of room for the private medical sector to grow.
The official expressed his hope that the two hospitals willcontinue to work hard to maintain international standards while furtherenhancing their services, contributing to turning HCM City into a healthcarecentre of the ASEAN region in the future.
Headquartered in the US, the AACI provides healthcareaccreditation and clinical excellence recognition. AACI certification was firstissued in 2014, in many fields and types of health care services suchas hospitals, primary healthcare, dentistry, outpatient services, and physicaltherapy.
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At the ceremony to hand over the AACI accreditation to City International Hospital and Gia An 115 Hospital in HCM City on November 28 (Photo: thanhnien.vn) 
