The Da Nang People's Committee has approved a plan to upgrade the 3 district-level medical centres in Hai Chau, Cam Le, and Hoa Vang into the so-called ‘satellite hospitals’ for the Da Nang General Hospital during the 2019-2021 period.

The implementation of the plan is expected to cost around 18 billion VND in total.

The intention of the plan is to reduce the current patient overload at the hospital, as well as enhance the quality of healthcare services at these medical centres by transferring medical technique and upgrading facilities and medical equipment.

Under the plan, such advanced techniques as anesthesia, emergency resuscitation, hemodialysis and endoscopic appendectomy will be transferred to the ‘satellite hospitals’ by 2021.

All the satellite hospitals are responsible for performing well the transferred techniques in a bid to increase patient visits and treatment rates there.

The focus will be on continue conducting surveys about the urgent needs of reducing the current patient overload at the nuclear hospital, and of enhancing the capacity of satellite hospitals at district level. The intention is to maintain and expand the network of satellite facilities across the city over the 2022-2025 period.