History:

The Hue national hospital was established in 1994. It was the first western hospital in Viet Nam. It is one of the three biggest hospitals in Viet Nam.  
Bed (as plan): 1090  
Bed (as fact): 1450  
Area: 12 ha including 120 buildings, many of which is out of date (> 100 years).  
The Hue National hospital is located in the central region of Viet Nam with 87.000 square km and 11,5.10⁶ rehabitants.

The board of director:

Director:
Vice director:
* The second grade M. D. Nguyen Ngoc Luyen
* M.D Bui Duc Phu
* Ph.D Nguyen Duy Thang

The main tasks:

- Being the deep health center of central region as dicision No 890/QDTTg dated 18 th September 2000 by prime minister: Consultation and treatment for people who live in 3 provinces (Binh Tri Thien).
- Being the deep health center for 14 provinces of central region and central highland.
- Cooperating with the Hue medical university to train the medical doctor and candidates of postgraduation.
- Scientific research
- Leading and guiding the medical profession for lower levels in 14 provinces of central region and central highland. Leading and guiding the reproductive health in 10 provinces of central region and central highland.
- Disease prevention
- International cooperation.
- Economic management in the hospital.

Manpower:

Staffs: 1420 in which:
- Prof, assistance prof, Ph.D, M.S, 2nd grade M.D: 202
- 1 grade M.D, M.D: 202
- Ph.D candidate: 15
M.S candidate: 47
The 2 nd grade M.D candidate: 14
Cadres can apply and develope the new medical techniques that catch with two big centers in Ha Noi capital and Ho Chi Minh city.

Available medical equipments:

- Professional medical equipments: 2000 kind (regardless the common equipment), most of them are donated from government or non-government organization.  
- Equipment system: ununiform.  
- Quality of equipments: good in the short-term but is not good in the long-term because of ununiform.

The technique development:

Beside of techniques of 1 st grade National hospital, the Hue National hospital develops the high techniques as standards of the deep health center including:
- Developing the antificial kidney (1982) and kidney transplant (2001)
- Close heart surgery (1986) and open heart surgery (1999) with 300 cases/week.
- Installing the device for sustainable artificial pacemaker (1996), cardiac catherter, stent insert and coronary by pass.
- Interventive endoscope and endoscopic surgery (1996) in gastrointestinal tract, injury, plastic surgery, urogenital tract and pregnacy and maternal aspects.
- Center for hematology and blood transfusion: implement almost of modern techniques in the safety of blood transfusion (HBsAg, HBsCg, HBsCg, HIV... etc). In addition to, this center participates to training, professional guiding and will develope the marrow transplant.
- Pregnancy and maternal section: training the M.D, M.S and Ph.D and guiding profession in central region and central highland in reproductive health care.
- Paraclinical section: implementing almost of modern techniques.

Some major achievements:

- Consultations: 200000-240000/year (150% plan)
- Inpatients: 38000-42000 (120% plan)
- Surgeries: 10.000/years (142% plan)