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

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, Vietnam. 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 Vietnam war. 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: Major general, Maj. Gen. Associate professor, Assoc. Prof. Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Ph.D * Vice director of general planning: Brig. Trần Quốc Việt, Ph.D * Vice director of surgical departments: Brig. Trần Lê Đồng, Ph.D * Vice director of medical departments: Brig. Trương Đình Cẩm, Ph.D * Vice director of military: Brig. 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 United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UK Engineer Task Force had built a Level 2 Hospital in Bentiu, South Sudan while 175 hospital had deployed a Vietnamese Hospital unit consisted of 63-strong medical contingent to undertake Vietnam's first-ever UN peacekeeping mission. The first rotation is expected to last 18 month.

Spratly Islands unit

References

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