On November 24, 2022, at the 160th anniversary of its establishment, Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases established the record of “The oldest hospital in Vietnam” by the Vietnam Records Organization VIETKINGS, a unit directly under China. Recognized by the Vietnam Record Holders Association.
Dr. Le Manh Hung, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said that since the day it opened to receive patients (February 13, 1861) with the name Cho Quan hospital, this place has gone through more than 160 years. This is a proud journey of many generations of doctors, nurses, and staff at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
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Cho Quan Hospital is the first hospital established in Saigon – Cho Lon, on a branch of the Ben Nghe river (now Tau Hu canal), closely associated with the history of this southern land.
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The first hospital in Saigon – Cho Lon
In 1859, after capturing Gia Dinh citadel, with the intention of establishing a first aid station to prepare for receiving wounded soldiers in the campaign to attack Ky Hoa outpost to invade the entire Cochinchina, in 1860 the army The French expedition occupied a land area of more than 5 hectares in a village located between the Saigon – Cho Lon area, took the houses of rich Vietnamese people who left due to the war, renovated and built more hospital wards. rooms, increasing the number of beds to form a hospital named Cho Quan instead of setting up an ambulance station as originally intended.
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On February 13, 1861, the hospital began to open to receive patients with fever, scabies, venereal diseases and wounded soldiers of the French-Spanish coalition transferred from the battle of Ky Hoa outpost (April 24-25). February 1861), followed by wounded soldiers from battles in Saigon-Gia Dinh and the South. On February 10, 1862, the hospital was placed under the management and operation of the French Navy and on January 1, 1864, it was handed over to civil authorities.
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Born in the painful context of Saigon and South Vietnam under the heel of invasion, it was formed as a field hospital to serve the war machine of the French colonialists, continuing to experience historical upheavals. In the history of the nation, of Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City, this Cho Quan Hospital is a Tropical Diseases Hospital that has become a hospital for the poor and the people with many generations of skilled doctors, rich in medical ethics. The pioneering and main force has successfully completed the task of caring for and protecting people’s health in treating infectious and infectious diseases and preventing and repelling dangerous epidemics not only in Ho Chi Minh City but also in Ho Chi Minh City. also for the entire southern provinces and some central provinces and the Central Highlands.
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The year 1972 marked the strong development of Cho Quan hospital in terms of facilities with a 6-storey main building built on an area of more than 12,000 square meters with the help of Korea; Inaugurated in March 1974, the new name was Korean – Vietnamese Medical Center with 550 beds, specializing in treating infectious diseases, mental illness, leprosy, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and the departments of Pharmacy and paraclinical. The surgery area includes 4 modernly equipped rooms. At this time, the hospital has become a new and most modern medical center in the South of Vietnam, chosen as an internship site by medical universities and training programs of the Ministry of Health. Saigon government.
Immediately after the country’s reunification, the hospital was received and managed by the Southern Health and Social Department under the Military Administration Committee, re-named Cho Quan Hospital. On August 4, 1979, according to Decision No. 903 of the Ministry of Health, Cho Quan Hospital was assigned the task of being a specialized infectious diseases hospital, in charge of treatment, epidemic prevention, and specialized training for patients. Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces.
In 1989, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City decided to change the name of the hospital to the Center for Tropical Diseases under the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City. In 1996, the hospital was ranked as a type 1 hospital, specializing in infectious diseases in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces. Since 2002, the hospital was renamed Hospital of Tropical Diseases and continued to make important contributions in the process of building and developing the specialty of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Diseases in the southern provinces.
The only hospital in the country that has a prison
In the campus of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HCMC) today, many historical vestiges remain. The most prominent is the Cho Quan Hospital prison camp, which is a place to detain and treat sick prisoners, including both civilians and political prisoners. This place was once a place to detain steadfast Communist soldiers such as Tran Nao, Ha Huy Tap, Tran Bach Dang, Nguyen Van Troi,… On August 26, 1931, comrade Tran Phu, the first General Secretary of The Indochina Communist Party, now the Communist Party of Vietnam, after being captured, brutally tortured and seriously ill by the French, was brought to this prison area. On September 6, 1931, he sacrificed his life after leaving the message: “KEEP YOUR WILL TO FIGHT”.
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This special prison has been ranked as a national historical and cultural relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and was mentioned many times during the ceremony celebrating the 160th anniversary of the establishment of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases ( 1861 – 2021) on November 24, 2022. According to Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc, this is a historical and very important relic for Ho Chi Minh City and the whole country.
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“Hopefully this relic will be the pride of the people of Ho Chi Minh City in general, especially the collective of officials, employees, workers, and physicians through the ages. Let’s maintain and continue This pride is to build, develop and maintain the leading flag, the last-line hospital in the field of infections and infectious diseases in Ho Chi Minh City and the Southern region,” Mr. Duong Anh Duc reminded during the meeting. ceremony.
Mr. Le Manh Hung – deputy director of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases – said that the leaders of the City Party Committee and People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City have assigned the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City to coordinate with the Department of Health, hospitals and People’s Committee of District 5 to organize Organize a historical scientific conference on this prison area in the near future. At the same time, continue to search for artifacts and documents related to the history of the formation of the prison to supplement the display, before opening to welcome guests on the occasion of the 120th birth anniversary of General Secretary Tran Phu. .
Resilient during the pandemic
More than 160 years spanning over 3 centuries, as time has built up a wealth of achievements, Cho Quan Hospital, now the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, still maintains its leading position in the field of infectious diseases and its contributions. great for the country’s medical cause, caring for and protecting the health of people in Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces in the Southern region. In the years 2020-2022, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases is the key unit that, together with the city’s Health Sector, has prevented, repelled, and minimized the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Dengue Fever outbreak. Bring peace to the people of the city and the southern region.
In 2020, when the COVID-19 epidemic appeared in Vietnam, although worried about the new disease that spread quickly and claimed the lives of many patients in many countries, the doctors at the Hospital of Heat Diseases The group packed their bags and set off to support the establishment and management of Cu Chi Field Hospital – the first field hospital in the country, followed by Can Gio COVID-19 Treatment Hospital. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases was also the first place to treat patient 91 – a British pilot, before he was transferred to Cho Ray Hospital for further treatment.
At that time, the COVID-19 vaccine was still scarce. Doctors and nurses directly treated COVID-19 patients but did not have “armor” protection other than hot protective suits, so they had to strictly comply. strict infection control. Far from their families, leaving their children and elderly parents behind for months, they “camped” at a field hospital to save the sick.
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| Hospital for Tropical Diseases today |
In 2021, the COVID-19 epidemic broke out strongly in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases had to change its function into a hospital specializing in treating severe and critical COVID-19 on the 3rd floor. The pressure was getting heavier every day, but with high determination to repel the epidemic, all doctors and nurses accepted it. risk on our side, racing against time so that every day more severe COVID-19 patients can be saved.
When the epidemic situation at the hospital is controlled, the hospital continues to support management and professional personnel for hospitals: Cu Chi Field Hospital, Can Gio COVID-19 Treatment Hospital, Field Hospital COVID-19 admission and treatment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14 and 16 (these hospitals have now been dissolved when the COVID-19 epidemic is gradually controlled).
When monkeypox (monkeypox – now renamed mpox by WHO) first appeared in Vietnam in September 2022, the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases coordinated with the City Center for Disease Control. Receiving, isolating, and treating patients right from entry, cutting off the possibility of spreading infection to the community…
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Dung – hospital director – said that in the coming time, emerging infectious diseases will still be a threat to the global health system and the Vietnamese health system in particular. In the current epidemic context, the orientation of developing specialized and infectious diseases is still the hospital’s priority.
The journey from Cho Quan Hospital to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases is a proud process of many generations of doctors, nurses, nurses, and officials at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, it is a journey of hearts. Love your job, love your career, love your people and the Fatherland. Generations of Tropical Disease doctors and staff deserve to be honored and praised; deserves to receive the highest awards from the State, Government and social organizations, including the gratitude of millions of patients at home and abroad who have been treated and saved from this place.
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