On addressing the event, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen applauded the close cooperative relationship that has formed between Bach Mai Hospital and St Anthony’s Hospital over the years. 

Under the agreement, 17 doctors and nurses from Bach Mai Hospital spent three to six months studying anti-toxicology and intensive care in the US. 

St Anthony’s Hospital has also sent its technicians to provide expertise in taking care of patients at Bach Mai Hospital’s Intensive Care Department. 

On this occasion, Bach Mai Hospital granted Hanoi Medicine University’s Certificate of Merit and Honorary Professor title to Professor Carl Bartecchi from the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine in recognition of his support for the development of Vietnam’s anti-toxicology and intensive care sector. 

Bartecchi, who launched the hospitals’ cooperation programme, has spent a number of years working, lecturing and relating his experiences on intensive care issues to Vietnamese doctors and nurses. 

He has also sought and mobilised US organisations and individuals to finance modern medical equipment as well as new books worth thousands of US dollars to Bach Mai hospital.