The Saint Paul General Hospital is a large multi-field medical complex in the central district of Ba Đình,

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

, the capital of

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. The hospital was founded in about 1902 during the French colonial rule in Indochina (19-th - early 20-th centuries). As the root of its name, it is used to be the largest

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in the Indochina, administered by the

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History

The hospital is one of the main medical establishments in Hanoi for serving those, who suffered from traffic and other accidents, and people with external trauma. According to "The Project for Improvement of Capacity in Saint Paul Hospital" within the framework of grass-roots grant assistance of the Government of

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, in 2007 the facility received US$84,954 for buying equipment for monitoring (1 piece),

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(2 pieces) and

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(1 piece), which are necessary for first-aid and critical trauma patients. In 2001, it has been helped by the United States

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s of

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, and World Medical Relief, in medicines and medical equipment worth US$302,457 for its emergency services. Norway, the United States, Japan and Netherlands in January, 2007 pledged to donate 7 million US dollars to establish a modern research centre at the hospital. By declared plans of the Hanoi Health Department, Saint Paul Hospital will be upgraded to have a 6-storey building with 100 beds for the

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Ward and similar building with 150 beds for the

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Ward. The Hospital's second branch will have 500 beds after renovation.

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Hospitals in Hanoi Hospitals established in 1902 {{Vietnam-struct-stub

History

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