City health sector gets record annual budget

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has been allotted a record VND1.5 trillion (US$86.2 million) for its budget this year, the department announced Wednesday.

It said this is the highest ever allocation by the municipal administration for one year. The funds will be used for upgrading healthcare establishments and hospitals, building new ones and purchasing medical equipment. Among the first establishments expected to be upgraded are the Cu Chi Hospital, the Traditional Medicine Hospital, Hospital of DermatoVenereology of HCMC, the HCMC Eye Hospital and the People‘s Hospital 115. Reported by Thanh Tung