DEPARTMENT OF JOINTS AND RHEUMATOLOGY
HOSPITAL FOR TRAUMA AND ORTHOPEDICS
Department Chief: 2nd specialist Doctor Nguyen Thai Thanh
Vice Department Chief: Ms. Le Thi Tuyet Nhung
I. HISTORY OF FORMATION:
- It has been formed in 1993 with the name Medical Department and until 2006, it has been changed the name to Joint and Rheumatology with the function of settlement for joint diseases (joint-diseases).
- The Department has strongly developped updated and applied the lastest medical achievements for treatment of Joint-diseases.
II. STEERING BOARDS IN THE TERMS:
1993 – 2007:
- Doctor DAI PHI VAN Department Chief
- Doctor NGUYEN THAI THANH Vice Department Chief
- Nurse NGUYEN THI THU TAM Nurse Chief
2007 – PRESENT:
- Doctor NGUYEN THAI THANH Department Chief
- Doctor LE THI TUYET NHUNG Vice Department Chief
- Nurse TRUONG TRONG TIEN Nurse Chief (From 01/2014)
III. ORGANIZATION OF PERSONNEL IN THE PRESENT:
- Doctor NGUYEN THAI THANH Department Chief
- Doctor LE THI TUYET NHUNG Vice Department Chief
- Bachelor TRUONG TRONG TIEN Nurse Chief
2nd specialist doctor: 05
1st specialist doctor: 03
Medical MA: 01
Bachelor of nursing: 01
Middle-ranking nurse: 11
Hospital orderly: 03
IV. ACTIVITIES:
- It’s a clinical ward to treat joint- diseases
- To apply the hight-technology in the treatments:
Arthroplasty (hip, knee)
Anterior and posterrior cruciate ligament Arthroscopy.
Spinal surgery.
- Application of biological medications in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathies.
- To update many of new methods and new medications in the treatment of joint-diseases.
- To treat the medical diseases about joints: ostheoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, gout, …
- To treat and consult about osteoporosis, ostheoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, …
- To participate actively for the mission of charitable examination and give a gift to the poors in the provinces of remote areas.
- To donate houses for the soldiers in Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.