Vietnam-Japan health examination centre inaugurated in HCM City
A health examination centre was put into operation at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14 as part of activities to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.
Participants at the innauguration ceremony (Source: VNA)
HCMCity (VNA) - A health examination centre was put into operation atCho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14 as part of activities tomark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.
The inauguration ceremony, which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister TruongHoa Binh, was jointly held by the Cho Ray Hospital and Japan’s InternationalUniversity of Health and Welfare.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Truong Son, Director of the Cho Ray Hospital saidthe centre will provide high-quality health check-ups, meeting the demand of localresidents.
Results collected by the centre can help detect implicit diseases and healthrisks, which will serve in-depth health examinations and monitoring, andprevention of diseases and health improvement; and contribute to reducingoverload in the Cho Ray Hospital.
With a team of doctors and medical staff trained in Japan and a modern medicalequipment system, the centre is aiming to become one of the internationalstandard medical establishments to serve locals, those from other southernlocalities and foreigners, including the Japanese community living in Vietnam.
The centre will provide the highest standard-health diagnostic services in the worldlike those provided in Japan under the model of “Ningen Dock”, which targetsprevention instead of treatment.
One of the advantages of the centre is that it offers the dual and remote diagnosiswith the support from Japanese experts.
JapaneseAmbassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio highlighted the significance of the project,saying that the project’s investment certificate was handed over at the APECSummit in Da Nang in 2017.
He expressed his hope that the centre will contribute to improving the healthof Vietnamese people, especially in raising the life expectancy.
While showing his gratitude for the Japanese side’s support for the healthsector in recent years, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien highlyvalued Japan’s coordination to help Vietnam develop its health sector.
He affirmed that the screening and detection of dangerous and chronic diseases are very necessary in the current situation inVietnam, hoping that Japan will continue to assist Vietnam in opening more similarcentres in the time to come.-VNA
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Participants at the innauguration ceremony (Source: VNA) 
