Leipzig to promote healthcare service and education in Đà Nẵng

Representatives from Leipzig City, Germany, Hospital No 199 and Việt Nam College of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Technology sign Memorandums of Understanding in Đà Nẵng City. Photo courtesy of Bella Quyên

ĐÀ NẴNG – Trilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on medical training and healthcare treatment have been inked by Leipzig City, Germany and Hospital No 199 under the ministry of Public Security, and Việt Nam College of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Technology.

The deals aim to secure human resources education in medical care, along with improving hi-quality healthcare and treatment.

Dr Juegen Ulrich, a consultant of Leipzig City’s major, said he was impressed with infrastructure investment at the hospital, especially with rehabilitation services and physical therapy.

He said Leipzig City has been developing a physical therapy-based sports training programme and the city will support its new partnership with regular cooperation programmes to share that expertise.

Leipzig will help the hospital develop sports medicine, convalescence and nursing with the participation from hospitals in Leipzig including St. Georg, Apelos, Eisenmoodbad Bad Schmiedeberg, Tim Leipzg and Uni Klinik.

The three partners also agreed to recruit human resources for training and supplying manpower for medical and health care system at Leipzig City and throughout Sachsen as well Germany.

Deputy director of the Hospital No 199, Trần Quang Pháp said the trilateral partnership would create more opportunities in cooperation in terms of examinations and treatment with updated technology and skills from German experts and hospitals, as well as improving medical education.

Chairman of the Việt Nam College of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Technology, Nguyễn Văn Tuấn said the college will promote human resources cooperation with Leipzig not only in medicine, but various fields of hospitality, construction and industrial manufacture.

He hoped the MoUs would help elevate the work force in the central and Central Highlands region, with them meeting European standards and skills.

Last year, the Germany Business Association (GBA) and Đà Nẵng City’s Investment Promotion Agency also agreed to boost cooperations in hi-tech industries, human resources training, information technology, logistics and seaport development.

The investment from Germany to Đà Nẵng remains modest, with 11 projects worth US$10.3 million – just one per cent of the total FDI projects in the city. German businesses operating in Đà Nẵng are creating sports shoes and sewing machine batteries, while a pilot German teaching project is underway at two junior secondary schools.