FRANCO-VIETNAMESE HOSPITAL TO START CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL

By Quoc Hung

(SGT-HCMC) A project to develop the Franco-Vietnamese Hospital (FV Hospital) in Saigon South in HCMC’s District 7 will begin construction in April, Dr. Jean-Marcel Guillon, chairman of the Far East Medical HK Ltd. (Hong Kong) – the developer, said at yesterday’s inauguration of the Far East Medical Vietnam Ltd.
The project includes developing on an area of 1.7 hectares a 190-bed international standard hospital with diagnostic and surgical facilities. It will have 11 operating theaters and use the most advanced technology and latest medical equipment.
The hospital will be staffed by around 50 resident French and Vietnamese doctors and by over 400 senior French specialists who will come to Vietnam on a rotational basis. The project with a total investment capital of US$32 million is expected to be completed in June 2002.
The FV Hospital project developed by Far East Medical Vietnam Ltd. was licensed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment on January 19. The project has a licensed duration of 50 years.

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