Department of General Internal Medicine

The Hospital simultaneously provides most of the sub-specialties within Internal Medicine, such as:

• Cardiology
• Gastroenterology
• Respiratory Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Nephrology – Urology
• Musculoskeletal
• Neurology
• Infectious Diseases

Within the Department of Internal Medicine, patients are further divided into smaller units, so that each patient is assigned to the specialty relevant to their condition. With this model, the Hospital’s organizational structure remains streamlined, while also ensuring that patients are always cared for by leading experts with high professional qualifications.

In order to improve treatment quality for patients, Hai Phong International General Hospital implements the following consultation models:

• In-hospital consultation model: every patient admitted for treatment at Hai Phong International General Hospital is reviewed by all doctors of the Department of Internal Medicine on the very first day of admission, who then provide their opinions on diagnosis and treatment. During the course of treatment, if a difficult case arises, the hospital will further organize an inter-departmental consultation (between the Department of Internal Medicine, the Diagnostic Imaging Department, the Surgery Department, or other departments). Through this process, new approaches can be identified, ensuring that diagnosis and treatment always achieve optimal results for patients.
• Online consultation model: when a difficult case arises, or when the patient or their family requests it, Hai Phong International General Hospital will arrange an online consultation with leading experts in Hanoi. To prepare for this form of consultation, the hospital, since its construction, has proactively set aside a dedicated online consultation room equipped with modern equipment. In addition, the Hospital has installed smart image capture and transmission software, allowing experts in Hanoi to easily obtain complete, high-quality images of the patient, sufficient for consultation purposes.
• Direct examination model by leading Hanoi experts: the Hospital also simultaneously provides examination and ward-round services conducted by leading experts from Bach Mai Hospital, the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Viet Duc Hospital. This consultation model is carried out on a regular basis, in order to improve the quality of diagnosis and treatment for patients.

The services and techniques implemented at Hai Phong International General Hospital are all advanced techniques that are widely applied throughout the world, meeting patients’ examination and treatment needs.

With modern equipment and a team of experienced doctors, Hai Phong International General Hospital simultaneously implements most modern, advanced endoscopy and biopsy techniques that have so far only been applied at major central-level facilities.

• Exercise stress ECG, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (Holter), Holter ECG monitoring, stress echocardiography, etc.
• Coronary artery stenting, aortic stenting, pericardial drainage placement
• Pacemaker implantation
• Coronary angiography techniques using a 64-slice CT scanner, percutaneous coronary angiography, etc.
• Gastrointestinal endoscopy: gastroscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic polypectomy, endoscopic hemostasis, tumor biopsy, biopsy of gastrointestinal mucosal lesions via endoscopy, etc.
• Laparoscopy, endoscopic peritoneal biopsy, etc.
• Respiratory endoscopy: bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage via endoscopy, tumor and bronchial mucosal biopsy via endoscopy, etc.
• Ultrasound-guided liver tumor biopsy, ultrasound-guided lung tumor biopsy
• CT-guided lung tumor biopsy, CT-guided mediastinal tumor/lymph node biopsy.
• Pleural biopsy.
• Arthroscopy, synovial membrane biopsy, etc.
• Cystoscopy, bladder tumor and mucosal biopsy, endoscopic bladder stone removal, etc.
• Oral glucose tolerance test in pregnant women, etc.

Along with the development of Internal Medicine both domestically and internationally, our department continuously researches and develops specialized techniques, including endoscopic interventional techniques, in order to increase treatment effectiveness, reduce complications and adverse events, speed up post-operative recovery, and enable patients to quickly return to normal life.

Along with in-depth cooperation with leading domestic experts, we are also pursuing international collaboration, such as sending staff abroad for training; each year, foreign experts in various fields also come to collaborate on treatment.