Dr. Khoat Van Tran
Director, US Hospital in Vietnam Project

Vietnam is being modernized in all areas of life: agriculture, industry, commerce, economy, culture, and politics. In order to implement their dream, Vietnamese Government officials have convinced foreign investors to build luxurious hotels, and the best restaurants, but have yet to find any group to invest in the healthcare industry including hospitals fully equipped with the most sophisticated, high tech medical instruments.

The recent statistics from Vietnam indicate that tourism there increases 20% per year. The number of Vietnamese expatriates coming home increases 30% annually. Foreign workers in Vietnam are present in all provinces and districts. The world diplomacy corp constitutes a significant number. However, the income of the local Vietnamese businessmen has been growing around 25%, and the National Gross Income of Vietnam accumulates 12%. Unfortunately, Vietnam is yet to have any healthcare facility with international standards in response to the urgent needs of foreign and local people.

The recent statistics from Vietnam indicate that tourism there increases 20% per year. The number of Vietnamese expatriates coming home increases 30% annually. Foreign workers in Vietnam are present in all provinces and districts. The world diplomacy corps constitutes a significant number. However, the income of the local Vietnamese businessmen has been growing around 25%, and the National Gross Income of Vietnam accumulates 12%. Unfortunately, Vietnam is yet to have any healthcare facility with international standards in response to the urgent needs of foreign and local people.

LOCATION OF THE PROJECT

The US Hospital is being built in the Capital City of Vietnam, Hanoi

Hanoi the capitol of Vietnam, is where the modernization must begin, and then its influence will expend over all of the country. Today, foreign workers and high ranking officials must be treated in Hongkong, Singapore, or Bangkok when they get sick. This situation is unacceptable. It becomes an obstacle to civilization and development. Not all patients have the appropriate means to go abroad, and not all patients can be hospitalized on time. Deaths in these cases are not rare in Vietnam. The International American Hospital not only will be able respond to the urgent needs of people, but also to promote modern life, and foster the trend of life for the new generation in Vietnam. The selection of the locality of Hanoi is strategical. As for people of the world, the International American Hospital is a familiar symbol of the charity and generosity of American people who want to bring peace to the world rather than the hate of the past. The International American Hospital operating in Hanoi is the best way to close this dramatic chapter of American history. It is a practical means to put away the syndrome of Vietnam. In short, it is the act of building the friendship between two countries.

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT

Panoramic view of what the completed American Hospital in Vietnam will look like

Clearly speaking, the goal of the hospital is not that of making as much money as possible. It is rather one of creating cooperation between the healthcare system and patients, so that understanding and support become a factor in the development of the healthcare industry, and an element to help build a better life in the third world country of Vietnam. In order to provide a higher quality of healthcare services to foreigners as well as to the local Vietnamese, both high tech sophisticated medical equipment and American physicians will be chosen. These factors will be supervised by the international experienced hospital management group such as Healthcare Corporation of America, or Ted Bowen and Associates, Inc. Headed by world famous heart surgeon, Dr. MICHAEL DEBAKEY.

To be officially named: Hanoi International American Hospital. It will function as a first class health care facility in Vietnam with the following main services offered for both out-patient and in-patient.

The hospital is supported by complete various ancillary services such as:

Facilities for research on specific diseases and assistance in the educational and medicinal training field can be brought to picture when the development of the country can be well defined and the medical skills of Vietnamese doctors will be well oriented.

PROJECT SITE

The International American Hospital is being developed on a project site covering some 12,000 square miles of land located between the Old Town of 1 million people and the New Town of Hanoi Project next to the Red River. The hospital is close to the Highway from NoiBai International Airport and the Central Government Palace of Vietnam, accessibility to the hospital is great through four wide boulevards. The hospital overlooks a beautiful lake and has vast vacant land adjacent to it, ready for development with Medical Hotels, a Nursing College, and an International Medical University that shall usher the city of Hanoi into the 21st century. The Master Plan shall also offer the following facilities: Waste Treatment System Electrical System Water Cleaning System Air and Heat System Health Club: Exercise Facilities and Swimming Pool The aim and philosophy of the International American Hospital is to prevent disease as well as defeat many viruses and bacterias. Annual Medical Checkup Programs and Out-Patient Facilities will be developed, eventually Day Surgery will be added. Therefore, In-Patients will feel at home in the hospital. With the goal of providing the best healthcare services with the best cost management, the facilities have been designed by a famous hospital architectural firm that has a strong professional record and is a top reknown firm. In addition, a fungsui specialist will be carefully selected to make the Asian patients feel more comfortable when treated in this Western Style Hospital.

Address of the US Hospital in Hanoi Vietnam (1 Chua Ha Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi City, Vietnam)

TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES

Delta Co. in NY,NY is the Construction Management Firm for the Project

This humanitarian project will aim at improving one's lifestyle, creating new employment and job opportunities, using the new methods and techniques in the healthcare field, looking for a more appropriate transfer of medical skill and knowledge, providing training in new technologies, training the personnel and its strong human resources, therefore, assuring a strong administrative organization for social protection. To build this project the use of local construction materials such as cement, wood, iron, glass, furniture, carpet, etc, ... will be implemented. Local architecture firms and local construction companies shall also be selected as sub-contractors so that the local employment beneficiary to this project will be great. Local skills will be developed and technical skills will be trained.