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Ophthalmology centre to open in Hue
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - The Health Ministry and the provincial authority of Thua Thien-Hue on August 14 broke ground for the Hue Ophthalmology and Training Centre, a 4 million USD addition to Hue Central Hospital.
The centre is expected to significantly upgrade services to patients withsevere eye illnesses.
Funded by the Bermuda-headquartered NGO Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) and carried out by the East Meets West Foundation (EMW), the project is a humanitarian gift to the people of Hue and is expected to be completedby the end of 2009.
The eye hospital addresses a critical need as blindness is widespread inVietnam , and several hundred thousand cases require surgery.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, the director of Hue Central Hospital , Bui Duc Phu, said the four-storey building would include facilities equipped with state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment for exams, diagnosis and operations as well as conference rooms and laboratories fortraining purposes.
Phu said EMW and AP had funded new facilities for the Hue Hospital 's Pediatrics Department and the 8.3 million USD Hue Cardiovascular Centre became operational at Hue Central Hospital , with 200 in-patientbeds, four operating theaters and an intensive care unit.
This year, 1,000 surgeries are expected to be performed at the centre.
"East Meets West is working towards the goal of improving overall health care in Vietnam while targeting specific sectors, and vision is clearly one of the most essential components to a person's life," said Mark Conroy,EMW country director.
EMW also built the Hue University Learning Resource Centre, a modern librarythat has multimedia, seminar and study areas.
The partnership between Atlantic Philanthropies and EMW has provided health and higher education infrastructure in several Vietnamese localities including Hanoi and Thai Nguyen and Quang Tri provinces since 1998.-Enditem
The centre is expected to significantly upgrade services to patients withsevere eye illnesses.
Funded by the Bermuda-headquartered NGO Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) and carried out by the East Meets West Foundation (EMW), the project is a humanitarian gift to the people of Hue and is expected to be completedby the end of 2009.
The eye hospital addresses a critical need as blindness is widespread inVietnam , and several hundred thousand cases require surgery.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, the director of Hue Central Hospital , Bui Duc Phu, said the four-storey building would include facilities equipped with state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment for exams, diagnosis and operations as well as conference rooms and laboratories fortraining purposes.
Phu said EMW and AP had funded new facilities for the Hue Hospital 's Pediatrics Department and the 8.3 million USD Hue Cardiovascular Centre became operational at Hue Central Hospital , with 200 in-patientbeds, four operating theaters and an intensive care unit.
This year, 1,000 surgeries are expected to be performed at the centre.
"East Meets West is working towards the goal of improving overall health care in Vietnam while targeting specific sectors, and vision is clearly one of the most essential components to a person's life," said Mark Conroy,EMW country director.
EMW also built the Hue University Learning Resource Centre, a modern librarythat has multimedia, seminar and study areas.
The partnership between Atlantic Philanthropies and EMW has provided health and higher education infrastructure in several Vietnamese localities including Hanoi and Thai Nguyen and Quang Tri provinces since 1998.-Enditem
