Military Hospital 175

Military Hospital 175
Ministry of defense (Vietnam)
Geography
Location	786 Nguyễn Kiệm, Phường 3, Gò Vấp, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Coordinates	10°49′07.8″N 106°40′48.4″E
Organisation
Type	District
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Helipad	Yes
History
Opened	26 May 1975; 49 years ago (1975-05-26)
Links
Website	http://www.benhvien175.vn/
Lists	Hospitals in Vietnam

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]

Current board of directors

• 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

Trauma center

Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center

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

Bentiu Level 2 Hospital

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

References

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. 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. 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".