Morning of May 20, 2025; inauguration of Military Hospital 175 – 1,000-bed General Hospital and Underground Parking Lot, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Military Hospital 175 (May 26, 1975 – May 26, 2025), and the reception of the Ho Chi Minh Order. The 1,000-bed General Hospital has a total construction investment of VND 2,500 billion; designed with 01 basement and 9 floors above ground, with a total floor area of 119,721 m2.
Military Hospital 175 has had its master plan approved until 2030, gradually implementing items such as: the 500-bed Orthopedic and Trauma Institute (operational since 2019), the 1,000-bed General Hospital and Underground Parking Lot, the Obstetrics – Pediatrics Institute, the Infectious Diseases – Mental Health Center, the Geriatrics – Rehabilitation Institute, together with landscape and gardens integrated with the facilities, forming a modern, synchronized, and complete infrastructure system.
The 1,000-bed General Hospital and Underground Parking Lot project was approved for investment by the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense in 2016. With a system of Departments, Divisions, Centers, and Institutes interconnected and equipped with modern facilities, it meets the growing demand for medical examination and treatment; provides healthcare services; trains high-quality human resources; develops professional techniques; enhances hospital quality; and effectively helps reduce the medical overload in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring areas.
The underground parking lot, with an area of 8,400 m2, can accommodate nearly 1,000 motorbikes and 600 cars. Not only operated as a regular civilian parking facility, Parking Lot 175 also meets the requirements of military and defense missions, with a versatile dual-use design that can be transformed into a field hospital, emergency zone, treatment beds, ensuring evacuation, quarantine, and readiness to respond to natural disasters, catastrophes, and medical emergencies.
The hospital has a modern interconnected outpatient clinic system with 47 consulting rooms arranged scientifically and conveniently, with clear signage to help patients experience services comfortably and save time: from reception, information provision, registration, guidance to consulting rooms, performing laboratory tests and procedures as prescribed, to receiving prescriptions, paying fees, and collecting medicine.
The Intensive Care – Toxicology Department is arranged adjacent to the Emergency Department with closed patient rooms, fully and modernly equipped, optimizing intensive care treatment.
In addition to the helipad on the roof of the Orthopedic and Trauma Institute, the helipad on the roof of the 1,000-bed General Hospital will soon be operational, connecting via elevator to transport patients directly to the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit in the shortest possible time, ensuring the golden time in emergency, resuscitation, and stabilization before transferring to specialized departments.
With a dual-use purpose – serving both defense missions and civilian emergency care – Military Hospital 175 has become the first and only medical facility in Vietnam with 02 helipads, contributing to improving emergency capacity, disaster response, and healthcare effectiveness for the community.
The surgical system includes 18 modern operating rooms, 01 emergency operating room, 03 ophthalmic operating rooms, and 03 daycare operating rooms interconnected with the surgical intensive care unit with 21 beds, fully equipped with the latest machines, ensuring safe surgery, organ transplantation, convenience, and strict infection control.
The Imaging Department is equipped with modern devices such as a 1975-slice CT scanner and a 3 Tesla MRI, serving routine to advanced diagnostic techniques. The equipment is arranged scientifically by zones, facilitating patient examinations at the hospital.
The hospital is also equipped with the newest and most advanced Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) system in Vietnam, applying German technology, playing a vital role as a core structure in hospital operations, responsible for cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing, and handling medical instruments.
The automatic Telelift transport system, also using German technology, has been deployed at the 1,000-bed General Hospital, automating over 80% of medical transportation, ensuring efficient movement of medicine, samples, blood supplies, sterile materials, instruments, and documents under continuous monitoring.
In addition, specialized centers are arranged scientifically and consistently, including neurology, cardiology, nephrology, urology, and andrology… All placed on the same floor, creating interconnected functionality between internal medicine – surgery – intervention, enhancing capacity for examination, emergency care, consultation, and professional support.
The Institute for Senior Officials’ Healthcare and Treatment is a highlight in design and landscaping, making use of natural light and green spaces with facilities such as a therapy swimming pool, activity rooms, reading rooms, work and recreation areas, dining spaces, harmoniously combining private and shared spaces to improve treatment and recovery effectiveness.
The auditorium system is also a highlight, including 01 large hall with 500 seats and 04 satellite conference rooms with a capacity of 100 each. These will host major events, meetings, and professional and scientific activities, with the ability to run parallel and synchronized programs. Next to it is the Traditional House area, providing space to explore and learn about the hospital’s history and achievements.
The Building Management System (BMS) – a Siemens product – is a system controlling and monitoring all integrated systems in the hospital, displaying technical parameters, operating status, running automatically according to preset schedules, with automatic error reporting and high security.
In the near future, when operational, the 1,000-bed General Hospital can handle 5,000–6,000 outpatient visits, 1,800–2,000 inpatients per day, and up to 300 emergency cases per day. Military Hospital 175 is proud to be one of the 50 projects that will change the face of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025.
Established after the complete liberation of Southern Vietnam, initially with a limited staff and poor facilities, the officers, soldiers, and employees of the hospital have always been brave white-coat warriors, sharing hardships and overcoming all challenges.
The hospital actively expands international cooperation in healthcare, training and developing human resources with sufficient quantity and quality to meet mission requirements, gradually mastering techniques in diagnosis and treatment such as PET/CT cancer screening, multi-leaf collimator radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), neurovascular intervention, open-heart surgery, spinal neurosurgery, total hip and knee replacement, limb reattachment, kidney and liver transplantation….
With its modern facilities, advanced technical equipment, and professional staff, the hospital has gradually mastered complex techniques, creating a foundation to apply new advancements, achieving specialized capabilities on par with the region and internationally, contributing to improving diagnosis and treatment quality, and saving hundreds of thousands of critically ill patients.
In recent years, the hospital has annually examined and treated over 800,000 patients, including more than 75,000 in its field hospital, over 26,000 surgeries, and more than 4,500,000 diagnostic and laboratory tests. Treatment quality and services have continuously improved, with a patient recovery discharge rate of over 75%, and average bed utilization of over 112%.
Source: https://nhipcauthuonghieu.vn/2025/05/26/khanh-thanh-benh-vien-quan-y-175-1-000-giuong-va-ham-de-xe/
