A hospital-medicine and pharmacy university will operate officially in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai at the end of this year’s second quarter to meet the region’s growing demand for treatment.

 The facility developer, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Hospital Joint Stock Company, on March 5 signed a deal with Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University on the on-the-spot professional training for the to-be-operating hospital.

 The VND250 billion Hoang Anh Gia Lai hospital-university plans to have 200 patient beds of international standards in the first phase and is expected to provide a total of 500 patient beds in the future.

 Under the cooperation deal, the Hoang Anh Gia Lai company will put into operation a medical technology transfer centre to promote medical development in the Central Highlands region.

(VNA)