Military Hospital 175 is the central hospital for the south region of the ministry of defense, located in

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. It was founded in 1975 by unifying a few military medical divisions and units, most notably K116, K72, and K59, initially to serve veterans and military officers after the

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. Over the years, it has been slowly opened to the general public and now also acts as a district hospital as well as a trauma center for the civilians.

Current board of directors

* Director:

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Assoc. Prof. Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Ph.D * Vice director of general planning:

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Trần Quốc Việt, Ph.D * Vice director of surgical departments:

Trần Lê Đồng, Ph.D * Vice director of medical departments:

Trương Đình Cẩm, Ph.D * Vice director of military:

Trần Đức Thắng

Notable departments and divisions

Trauma center

Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center

The Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center was established on September 15, 2012.

Bentiu Level 2 Hospital

In 2018, in supporting the

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, UK Engineer Task Force had built a Level 2 Hospital in

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while 175 hospital had deployed a Vietnamese Hospital unit consisted of 63-strong medical contingent to undertake Vietnam's first-ever

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mission. The first rotation is expected to last 18 month.

Spratly Islands unit

References

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