Citi-Zen Magazine, Ireka Corporation Berhad - It was in 2014 that we last features any news on City International Hospital (“CIH”) and so in this issue, we return to find out how it has grown it opened its door to patients in mid-2013.
CIH is a Ho Chi Minh City-based healthcare organization which strives to accomplish excellence in all dimensions of medical care. CIH was jointly developed by Aseana Properties Ltd, Ireka and the Hoa Lam Shangri-La partnership. It serves as the flagship facility anchoring a planned healthcare themed development located in the western suburbs of fast growing Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The hospital site is well positioned to serve a primary community of one million people and a secondary community of 12 million from HCMC, The Mekong Delta and Eastern Cambodia, a densely populated region that is underserved.
CIH delivers care via an integrated delivery system meeting international standards that comprises a first class 320 bed hospitals, 14 outpatient clinics and a full spectrum of diagnostic support services. Its current medical staff includes 50 doctors directly employed and an affiliated network of 200 consulting doctors, plus a further 350 employees, all working in concert to create a peer driven professional environment committed to providing the region’s best coordinated and safest medical care.
| American born Dr. John Lucas is board certified in Family and Preventive Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives with more than 30 years’ experience directing leadership teams in American health system and insurance settings. He has about 20 plus years of clinical experience in Family and Preventive Medicine. He was appointed CEO of CIH in January 2018. |
CIH’s medical Specialists provide care through three key delivery processes: inpatient, outpatient and A&E services. They will soon be providing outreach and telemedicine services to increase access and to medical care in the region. The table below lists its most important healthcare services:
CIH’S MAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES:
- General Practitioner / Check-up Center
- Woman and Children Services
- Telemedicine
- Surgical Services
- Heart and Vascular Services
- Oncology Services
Today, CIH’s main facilities include a nine story 62,000 square meter hospital with 320 licensed beds and 14 outpatient clinics. The hospital has 10 operating rooms, a bed intensive care unit, and an 18 bed A&E department with two ambulances, a 20 bed labor and delivery suite, an endoscopy center and a new angiography suite for cardio-vascular and neuro-intervention. CIH also has an ISO-certified laboratory, a full array of imaging modalities including CT and MRI supported by a PACS system. The A&E department has been designated as a satellite facility of the HCMC EMS system and will soon be receiving more acutely ill patients making way for the development of a trauma center, a stroke unit and a chest pain center.
CIH is licensed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and complies with or exceeds all national health and safety requirements. CIH is pursuing voluntary accreditation from the Joint Commission International which is viewed as the gold standard in quality for elite international hospitals.
Pursuing Joint Commission International accreditation will enable CIH to uncover and manage its safety risks and pursue its goal for continuous quality improvement, with an in-built culture of customer service. CIH is fortunate in having exceptional facilities, arguably the nicest in HCMC with ample space for expanding services. The vision for the future is to creating a new regionally integrated healthcare hub that will include teaching and research facilities and highly specialized hospitals.
According to CEO of CIH, Dr. John Lucas, “I want CIH to be an unrivalled exemplar medical facility for patients and their families. We also want to be a preferred employer by offering CIH as a destination for the most qualified staff, by being the best place to work in healthcare and the place to practice medicine in the region.”
For more information about the services provided at City International Hospital, please contact:
City International Hospital
Operator: (8428) 6280 3333, ext. 0
? Address: No. 3, 17A Street, Binh Tri Dong B Ward, Binh Tan Dist. (Next to AEON Mall Binh Tan). Ho Chi Minh City.
? Website: https://cih.com.vn/en/
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