Vietnam's Hoa Lam Group, Siemens Healthineers in strategic medical partnership
Hoa Lam Group and Siemens Healthineers have signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership to enhance healthcare services.
Hoa Lam Group and Siemens Healthineers sign a memorandum of understanding on a strategic partnership to enhance healthcare services in Ho Chi Minh City, June 7, 2024. Photo courtesy of Hoa Lam Group.
Attending the signing ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday were Tran Thi Lam, founder and chairwoman of Hoa Lam Group; Dr. Truong Vinh Long, director of Gia An 115 Hospital; Fabian Singer, general manager of Siemens Healthineers in Vietnam; and other officials.
Siemens Healthineers will become the technology partner of Hoa Lam Group in medical imaging, providing advanced medical equipment such as modern CT scanners, MRI machines, mammography machines, X-ray machines, and others to support diagnosis and treatment at hospitals and medical facilities owned by the group.
It will also provide advanced technologies for cancer diagnosis and treatment, radiotherapy systems and CT simulators, and partner with the group in the establishment and development of oncology and nuclear medicine centers.
They will collaborate to standardize and enhance the digital capabilities of its medical facilities.
Siemens Healthineers will support Hoa Lam Group with general management consulting services to implement its digital transformation roadmap, offering various solutions such as artificial intelligence tools to assist radiologists (breast mammography, lung CT, brain MRI) and performance management solutions.
They also aim to collaborate for research and promote programs to raise awareness and conduct cancer screenings (such as for breast, liver and lung cancers) for the community.
Tran Thi Lam said the Hoa Lam Shangri-La High-Tech Medical Zone in Binh Tan district is an investment by Hoa Lam Group to provide international standard medical services for people in Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia.
It currently has two operational hospitals: City International Hospital, the first and only international hospital at the city’s western gateway, and Gia An 115 Hospital, known as a high-tech multi-specialty hospital pioneering the application of advanced techniques in emergency care, examination and treatment.
The company is also seeking to establish an oncology and nuclear medicine center in the zone, she said.
Fabian Singer, general manager of Siemens Healthineers in Vietnam, expressed happiness at partnering with Hoa Lam Group to provide high-quality healthcare services, improve treatment quality, advance precision medicine, and promote digitization of the healthcare sector.
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