On June 4, the delegation of the Polish Embassy in Vietnam led by Mr. Wojciech Gerwel - Ambassador of Poland to Vietnam visited and worked in Nghe An. Accompanying him were Mr. Tomasz Latos, Mr. Paweł Bejda - Members of Polish parliament.

The delegation visited and worked at the Provincial Friendship General Hospital - a symbol of the special friendship between the two countries Poland and Vietnam.

Doctor Nguyen Van Huong - Director of Provincial Friendship General Hospital introduces about the hospital's history

Delegation of the Polish Embassy and Parliament members visits the hospital's pediatric patient care room

At the meeting, Director of Provincial Friendship General Hospital Nguyen Van Huong thanked the Polish Embassy in Vietnam for the recent connection so that the Polish Government has many activities to support medical equipment such as ventilators, incubators, electric measles, etc. to treat pediatric and obstetric patients; helping the hospital's team of doctors bring happiness and peace to more than 20,000 maternity and pediatric patients and over 800 critically ill pediatric patients. All patients, doctors, and staff of the Hospital are always grateful to the Government of the Republic of Poland. With the new attitude and position that the Hospital is aiming for in 2025, the Hospital wishes to continue receiving the support and cooperation of the Polish Government to raise the Hospital to become a special class hospital and worthy of the North Central Regional Hospital.

Director of Friendship General Hospital Nguyen Van Huong proposes a number of issues related to training and technology transfer

To achieve the above goal, Director of Friendship General Hospital Nguyen Van Huong wished and proposed to the Ambassador and the Members of the Polish Parliament to connect, support training, foster medical technology transfer and invest, expand facilities to meet the requirements of medical examination and treatment in the current context.

The Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Wojciech Gerwel speaks

The Polish Ambassador Wojciech Gerwel thanked the hospital's leaders for the warm welcome and expressed the impression and emotion gained during the hospital visit at the end of last year. Cooperation between the Hospital and the Embassy has become a symbol of the friendship between Vietnam and Poland. Through the actual inspection of the operation and use of medical equipment donated by the Polish Embassy, the Ambassador would like to thank the efforts of the staff, especially the medical team and doctors of the Hospital in the context of the current pandemic. Besides, the Ambassador also expressed his happiness during the pandemic last year, the Polish Government had 2 times supported the COVID-19 vaccine for the Vietnamese Government.

With the view that the medical industry needs to always improve its skills and invest in modern technical equipment, the Ambassador and the Members of the Polish Parliament had specific discussions about the Hospital's proposals.

MP Tomasz Latos - Chairman of the Health Committee of the Polish Parliament said that he will connect to support the problems proposed by the Hospital

As Chairman of the Health Committee of Polish Parliament, MP Tomasz Latos said that before his visit to Nghe An today, he had researched on the history of formation and the relationship between Vietnam - Poland as well as the process of forming and building the Vietnam - Poland hospital. This is a great symbol of friendship, the friendship between the two countries. He also expressed his thanks for the cooperation and connection of the Polish Embassy in Vietnam through the support of medical equipment to contribute to deepening the friendly relationship between the two countries.

Regarding cooperation in training and transfer of science and technology in the medical profession, after returning home, MP Tomasz Latos will talk with the Polish Minister of Health; at the same time, will discuss with his professional friends to have direct support with the Hospital.

At the meeting, the two sides discussed in detail about the care, and the medical examination and treatment process at the Hospital. Talking about training needs, Director of Friendship General Hospital Nguyen Van Huong said that at present, the hospital's training needs are very large, but he wants the Polish Government to support the Hospital in intensive multi-disciplinary and multi-specialty cardiovascular intervention training; Transplant; Neurosurgery; assisted reproductive, pediatric and neonatal; gene technology; extensive specialized training in oncology; Multi-specialty robotic surgery. Currently, these fields have been deployed by the hospital, but in order to become a special class hospital, performing specialized medical examination and treatment as well as meeting the medical examination and treatment needs for patients in the North Central region, it is in great need of intensive training support.

Deputy Director of the Department of Health Nguyen Huu Le introduces the system of medical examination and treatment facilities in the province, the role of the Provincial Friendship Hospital, and hopes that the Ambassador and the Members of the Polish Parliament will be interested in supporting

Speaking at the end of the meeting, the Polish Ambassador to Vietnam said that with the issues discussed today, with the friendship of more than 70 years, the two sides will continue to have many contents to discuss, cooperate and support each other. Once again affirming that the Vietnam - Poland Hospital is a great symbol of that good friendship between the two countries, the Ambassador wished and proposed through the Department of Health and the Department of Foreign Affairs to send to the government of Nghe An Province People's Committee to consider retaining the old name of the hospital instead of using the current name of Provincial Friendship General Hospital. According to the Ambassador, if the old name of the Vietnam - Poland Hospital is kept, then surely the support and cooperation between the two countries will be favorable and achieve more results. The Polish Ambassador to Vietnam also pledged to propose to the Polish Government to continue to have more practical support for the Hospital in the coming time.

On behalf of the hospital's leaders, Director of Friendship General Hospital Nguyen Van Huong said that the hospital is always aware of its role and meaning, so it always tries to preserve and promote the friendship between Vietnam and Poland even better.

Delegation of the Polish Embassy and Parliament members visit and work at Vinh University

This afternoon, the delegation of the Polish Embassy and Parliament members visited and worked at Vinh University. Here, after being introduced to the scale, training program, vision and development orientation of Vinh University, the Polish Embassy emphasized that science and education are important priorities in the bilateral cooperation relationship between Poland and Vietnam.

The Vinh University side wished that the Ambassador and Members of the Polish Parliament propose to the Polish Government a number of policies in educational development to create conditions for Vinh University's staff and students to continue to have many opportunities to study, train and practice in Poland. At the same time, there are many support activities for Vinh University to cooperate with Ban Lan's partners.

Phan Quynh