The five-year cooperation program was signed by Major General Le Huu Song, Director of the Military Central Hospital 108, and Facing the World CEO Katrin Kandel at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 19.
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Under the agreement, Facing the World will provide training fellowships to Military Central Hospital 108's doctors. The foundation will promote cooperation between experts from Facing the World and the hospital's doctors, including both teaching in Vietnam and fellowship programs abroad. It will also help promote collaboration between the Military Central Hospital 108 and England's Royal College of Surgeons.
The Military Central Hospital 108 will cover additional funding to invite expert doctors from Facing the World to the hospital for academic and research collaboration.
Speaking at the ceremony, Major General Song said that the agreement will not only help bring smiles to Vietnamese children with facial deformities, but will also give the hospital’s medical staff the opportunity to go abroad to study and receive professional training from leading experts.
With the support of Facing the World, a Center for Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery was established at the Military Central Hospital 108 as the country’s first center to perform specialized craniofacial orthopedic techniques in December 2018.
The foundation also organized over 100 fellowship visits for Vietnamese medical specialists and donated InTouch Health telemedicine systems to all partner Vietnamese hospitals.
In the next five years, Facing the World plans to establish appropriate self-sustaining craniofacial centers and outreach programs in Vietnam. It will also sponsor training missions to its partner hospitals in Vietnam and provide 40,000 operations for children with facial deformities in Vietnam.
The Military Central Hospital 108 has also received a certification from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in recognition of the professional skills of the hospital's surgeons.
The certification not only demonstrates the training quality of the Hanoi hospital, but also reflects the capacity and professionalism of all doctors and medical experts who work there.
In 2023, the Military Central Hospital 108, Hong Ngoc and Viet Duc Hospitals were the first three hospitals in Vietnam to receive prestigious accreditation from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Source: VNA