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Accompanying the development and addressing the challenges of the healthcare sector, VMED Group is pioneering innovative medical solutions to drive healthcare transformation and improve treatment quality and efficacy.

Experiencing the negative impacts of COVID-19, Vietnam’s healthcare sector has been accelerating remarkable transformation, benefiting all stakeholders.

At present, 100 per cent of hospitals nationwide deploy IT in hospital management while personal health records are being compiled into databases for smart preventive treatment and management.

Telemedicine and the Internet of Things are also widely applied, along with AI, robotics, and blockchain in all treatment fields.

The pandemic also strengthened pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturing. Many high-tech medical solutions like software to read test results, new surgical masks with intelligent fabric for pandemic prevention, high flow oxygen generators, and ventilators, debuted in the market.

Medtech businesses have made great contributions to all this, with VMED Group among the pioneers.

A pioneer in innovation

The pandemic has created new trends of diagnosis and treatment, and spurred a high-tech-driven development trend among medtech businesses in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. They have introduced new solutions and digital platforms where no direct contact is required, helping doctors connect with patients in new ways.

VMED Group is a pioneer of innovative comprehensive medical solutions, now focusing on four major areas: medical IT solutions, manufacturing and distributing medical supplies and equipment, as well as investing in the healthcare sector.

VMED Group – Medtech for the new normal

Pham Quang Huy, chairman of VMED Group, shared, “During the fourth wave of the pandemic, we made great efforts to bring to Vietnam medical devices that can be used in COVID-19 prevention and treatment such as ventilators and monitors, and developed telemedicine solutions to reduce death rates and improve the healthcare service quality and people’s lives.”

“VMED Group commits to a healthier and happier community and continues developing the best possible medical solutions including modern medical devices, high-quality medical consumables, and best-in-class medtech solutions to create a comprehensive smart healthcare ecosystem,” he added.

Some outstanding medical solutions of VMED Group include Hospital Information System; CLAS Healthcare Electronic Medical Records; Picture Archiving and Communication System; and a telemedicine system for remote examination and treatment, for example. Moreover, the company’s tele-ICU connects Bach Mai Hospital with Yen Bai Hospital and Hung Vuong General Hospital, ensuring uninterrupted treatment for patients, especially in the COVID-19 landscape.

In medical equipment distribution, with an extensive logistics network and professional engineers, the group supplies comprehensive and smart solutions for intensive care, and wards of resuscitation, anaesthesia and recovery, as well as surgery.

Especially, in the wake of the country’s policies to increase the localisation of medical supplies, VMED Group has been investing in developing and modernising its manufacturing factories with a strict quality monitoring process. With a vision of sustainable development, the group has focused on research and development to create “Made in Vietnam” products meeting international standards such as auto disable syringes and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products.

Realising the aspiration

Despite its growth potential, Vietnam’s medtech market is still beset by a lack of knowledge and accessibility, outdated habits and incomplete medical infrastructure.

Assoc. Prof., Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, said the telehealth master plan and electronic medical records are important initiatives to accelerate the sector’s digital transformation. The two targets are ensuring professional support for all health facilities, especially district-level ones, and ensuring universal access to regular healthcare.

Medtech businesses play an important role in these goals. To adapt to and develop in the post-COVID-19 landscape, VMED Group has adjusted its development strategy to focus on the connectivity of resources, technologies, and experts.

The group collaborated with senior experts and professional partners to improve medical training in Vietnam. VMED Group has supported the establishment of the Simulation and Continuing Anethesia Training Center with advanced medical devices and many professional training activities.

In addition, the group connects medtech startups with mentors and investment funds, helping them develop solutions to present daily health issues to build healthier and happier communities.

The group cooperated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology to research and produce BKVM-HF1 high-flow oxygen machines which were licensed by the Ministry of Health for circulation in June 2021. Hundreds of BKVM-HF1 units are now used to treat COVID-19 patients.

“We plan to build manufacturing factories and trading units overseas to boost our international presence, putting Vietnam on the global medical map,” Huy added.

(Source: Minh Anh/ Vietnam Investment review)

On the evening of 2^nd December 2021, in HCM city, the US Commerce Association in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) hosted the 2021 AmCham CARES Awards for COVID Relief and Recovery.

With numbers of contributions to the community in the past time, VMED Group was honored in the category of “Contributions for Vaccines, Medical Supplies & Equipment”.

This is considered as the recognition for the journey of spreading love and connecting happiness that VMED Group accompanies with doctors and people.

The VMED Group employees were not afraid of danger, rushing with the frontline with doctors and nurses during the 4th outbreak in Vietnam.

VMED Group and divisions promptly donated numbers of crucial equipment to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients such as: awarding 10 Comen’s High Flow Nasal Cannula machines (HFNC) worth nearly VND 1 billion for the Vietnam National Association of Emergency, Intensive Care Medicine and Clinical Toxicology and the hospitals which treat COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh area.

Mr. Nguyen Francis Tuan Anh – The Representative of VMED Group was awarded for the unit contributing vaccines, equipment and medical supplies, which has joint hands to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

Without hesitating to go to the “hottest spots” of the pandemic, HFNC machines were handed over by VMED Group to white-shirted soldiers – the frontline doctors at the COVID-19 Resuscitation Center of Bach Mai Hospital, Le Van Thinh Hospital (District 2), Le Van Viet General Hospital (District 9), District 7 Hospital, 30/4 Hospital and Nguyen Trai Hospital. The HFNC NF5 Comen series awarded by VMED Group in the project, is also being globally used by COVID-19 treatment hospitals recently with exceptional features which is adaptable for field hospitals, such as: can be used without the central gas system, touchscreen via gloves; built-in SPO2 meter to monitor the patient’s hypoxemia; especially the flow rate can be up to 80l/min which is suitable for patients with severe condition.

VMED Group has researched and produced compatibly to the realistic context, cooperated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology to implement the project “Research and manufacture HFNC machine with BKVM-HF1 symbol”. Nearly 800 BKVM-HF1 machines have been produced and used in COVID-19 treatment hospitals nationally, from field hospitals, field warehouses, to provincial Departments of Health and the Lao Ministry of Health.

VMED Group sponsored protective equipment for key medical facilities (K Hospital, No. 3 Hai Duong Field Hospital), donated 40,000 A.D syringes with 0.5ml 25G needles to the Preventive COVID-19 Vaccine Fund and some crucial hospitals in HCMC – 2021.

VMED Group actively energizes the “white shirt soldiers” with protective equipment (masks, medical gloves, protective gear) that is promptly sent to many hospitals across the country with a total value of over VND 100 million.

Along with other meaningful activities, fulfilling the mission of those working in the medical field – “For a healthier and happier community”, this VMED Group’s journey will continue and spread more and more love.

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 Tự đáy lòng, chúng tôi muốn gửi lời tri ân sâu sắc nhất đến những nhân viên y tế, các lực lượng tham gia phòng chống dịch và gia đình của họ; các cá nhân và tập thể góp sức cho công cuộc này bằng nhiều cách. Cảm ơn vì chúng ta đã cùng nhau vượt qua những ngày cam go nhất, và sẽ tiếp tục đồng hành trong chặng đường sắp tới – một năm 2022 chất chứa đầy niềm tin chiến thắng đại dịch. Một năm của sức khỏe và bình an.

VMED Group đã, đang và sẽ luôn sát cánh cùng lực lượng y tế, hướng tới một cộng đồng khỏe mạnh và hạnh phúc hơn!