Work starts on 400-bed general hospital in Bac Lieu province
A ceremony was held in Bac Lieu city in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to start construction of Bac Lieu-Sai Gon General Hospital which is estimated to cost nearly 1.37 trillion VND (60.3 million USD).
Bac Lieu (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Bac Lieu city in theMekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to start construction of Bac Lieu-Sai GonGeneral Hospital which is estimated to cost nearly 1.37 trillion VND (60.3million USD).
According to Truong Thien Niem, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors ofthe Bac Lieu-Sai Gon General Hospital JSC, the investor of the project, saidthat the hospital covers 38,000 square metres in Ward 1 of Bac Lieu city.
The 10-storey hospital with 400 beds, is expected to become operationalin late 2020.
In the first phase, the project has investment of over 992 billion VND,and the capital for the second phase is more than 376 billion VND.
It will be equipped with the most modern medical equipment. It is hopedto give better medical services to local people and train medical staff for BacLieu and neighbouring provinces.
Addressing the event, Vuong Phuong Nam, Vice Chairman of the People’sCommittee of Bac Lieu province, said that the project is in the province’s listof projects calling for investment.
With the hope of improving the quality of medical checks-up andtreatment, Bac Lieu has paid much attention to luring investment in health caresector, he said, adding that along with health care system in localities, theprovince has only 12 medical establishments, resulting in overload inprovincial hospitals.
Nam requested the investor to ensure the project’s quality and progress,while pledging that the provincial administration and departments will createoptimal conditions for the implementation of the project.-VNA
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Design of the hospital (//dantri.com.vn) 
