1. Board of Directors of Military Hospital 103
Director: Lieutenant General, Prof. Dr. Tran Viet Tien
Party Secretary, Deputy Director: Colonel, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Tan Cuong
Deputy Director: Colonel, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Nhat Dinh
Deputy Director: Colonel, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ta Ba Thang
Deputy Director: Colonel, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luong Cong Thuc
Deputy Director: Colonel, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Ngan
2. Unit Tradition
Team Treatment 3 (predecessor of Hospital 103) was established on December 20, 1950, in Trung Giap village, Anh Dung commune (now Trung Giap commune), Phu Ninh district, Phu Tho province.
In October 1957, following a decision by the General Department of Logistics, Team Treatment 3 was transformed into Military Hospital 103.
In December 1958, the Ministry of National Defense decided to transfer Military Hospital 103 from the management of the Logistics Department (General Department of Logistics) to direct supervision under the Military Officer Training School, becoming a practical hospital for the school.
On May 21, 1989, the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense issued Decision No. 183/QD-TM, recognizing Military Hospital 103 as a Grade I hospital of the Armed Forces. In 1995, Military Hospital 103 was renamed Hospital 103.
On January 23, 2014, the Ministry of National Defense issued Decision No. 214/QD-BQP, renaming Hospital 103 to Military Hospital 103.
In alignment with the national revolution, after more than 70 years of development, Military Hospital 103 has made significant contributions to the overall revolutionary achievements of the entire Party, Armed Forces, and people.
From a treatment team with a staff of over 60, including one doctor, medical students, and some medical personnel, whose primary mission was emergency care and outpatient treatment for combat service, it has evolved into a Grade I multi-disciplinary hospital with various specialized departments for the Armed Forces, comprising 49 departments, wards, centers, and over 1000 officers and staff.
From a basic party cell with 5 party members, the hospital’s party organization has grown into a higher-level party organization directly supervising 7 basic party cells and 42 subordinate party cells with over 1000 party members. The work of building a strong, clean party organization is closely linked with the comprehensive strengthening of the hospital. The education and training of the cadre and party members are always highly prioritized by the hospital’s party organization. Various mass organizations, including the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Women’s Union, Labor Union, and the Military Council, are well-organized and actively promote democracy at the grassroots level, making positive contributions to fulfilling the hospital’s missions.
3. Functions and Tasks:
Function: It serves as a practical hospital for the Military Medical Academy and is tasked with participating in undergraduate and postgraduate training, continuous medical and pharmaceutical training within the military, and the healthcare field. It conducts medical examinations and provides treatment for the military and the civilian population. It engages in scientific research and international collaboration related to medicine, pharmacy, and military medical services to support training and healthcare. It also exercises command and management over agencies and units as regulated by the State, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Military Medical Academy.
Hospital’s Tasks:
Regarding Training Tasks: From being a clinical training facility with 20 instructors primarily responsible for training military medics, the hospital has now become the training hospital for the Military Medical Academy. In recent years, with a faculty of nearly 300 lecturers, the hospital has undertaken nearly 70% of the annual training workload for the Military Medical Academy, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs with approximately 100 to 120 classes for 3,000 to 4,000 students. The training programs cater to various types of students and training specialties, including long-term military doctors, long-term civilian doctors, bachelor’s degree in nursing, specialists (level I and II), and research students. In addition to training students at the hospital, it extends its training to various hospitals and medical facilities across the country.
Regarding Medical Treatment Tasks: From its humble beginnings with makeshift field camps in the Viet Bac military zone, which had a single surgical kit and two minor surgical instruments, the hospital has evolved to incorporate state-of-the-art medical equipment such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, cancer treatment using radiotherapy, four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound, and advanced diagnostic testing equipment. The hospital has successfully developed various medical specialties, including internal medicine, surgery, and clinical laboratory, and has excelled in several advanced techniques. For instance, it has made significant strides in the treatment of acute internal medicine cases, performed successful procedures like one-way tracheal valve placement for emphysema, and established endoscopy units for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The hospital also practices advanced techniques, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for removing common bile duct stones, placing esophageal variceal stents via endoscopy for treating gastrointestinal bleeding due to esophageal varices, and inserting stents for esophageal cancer patients without surgical intervention, all aimed at improving the quality of life for patients.
In the field of non-surgical treatment, the hospital has excelled in open-heart surgery, mastering procedures such as atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect repair, heart valve replacement, coronary artery bypass grafting, abdominal and thoracic aortic replacement, and the repair of dissecting aortic aneurysms with artificial blood vessels. Additionally, the hospital specializes in neurosurgery, performing microsurgical techniques to repair cerebral vascular malformations, resect brain tumors with complex blood supply, treat acute intracerebral hemorrhage, and implement intraventricular catheters for reducing intracranial pressure. The hospital is adept at treating patients with elevated intracranial pressure through cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures, and they perform orthopedic trauma surgery by reattaching severed limbs and repairing extensive soft tissue defects using microvascular free flaps. They also employ widespread endoscopy techniques to address joint issues, perform knee and hip replacements with artificial joints, employ intramedullary nailing with locking screws to correct congenital limb deformities, treat bone loss through Ilizarov’s principles, and use microvascular free flap techniques to correct spinal deformities and intervertebral disc disorders. In clinical laboratory diagnostics, the hospital utilizes techniques such as computed tomography scans, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, 4D color Doppler ultrasound, transrectal ultrasound, and endoscopy. Anatomical pathology has also been developed to accurately diagnose various diseases, particularly cancer, with techniques like computed tomography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Immunohistochemistry techniques are applied for precise identification of cancer and cell origin, and for selecting the optimal treatment method.
The hospital continuously applies new and advanced techniques, frequently updating to incorporate the latest technological advancements in patient treatment. Many of these techniques are characterized by their exceptional advantages, ensuring accurate diagnoses and effective treatments. The hospital’s accomplishments have garnered recognition and respect from both domestic and international colleagues. Notably, the hospital achieved a major milestone with the first successful heart transplant from a brain-dead donor to a recipient on June 17, 2010. Another significant achievement was the first simultaneous kidney and liver transplant from a brain-dead organ donor in Vietnam on March 1, 2014. This groundbreaking procedure was performed by 100% of the doctors and staff from Hospital 103 and the Military Medical Academy. On that day, they successfully performed three transplants: one heart and two kidneys. These achievements highlight the exceptional growth and maturity of the hospital’s medical team.
Regarding the scientific research mission: By implementing the motto “taking shortcuts in scientific research and technological development, using scientific development as a driving force to enhance the quality of training and treatment, while having synchronized solutions within the workforce; leveraging the enthusiasm and intellect of the scientific staff,” together with the University, the hospital has become one of the leading units in scientific research, technology application, and has achieved remarkable advancements. Among these research projects, there are long-term ones with high social significance, such as heart and kidney transplants from brain-dead donors, projects applying advanced technology in treatment, and research on rehabilitating Agent Orange/Dioxin victims caused by the United States during the Vietnam War. The success of liver and kidney transplantation in humans is a scientific achievement of great significance in terms of the economy, society, and profound humanitarian significance. Alongside many highly valuable scientific works, the hospital has made its mark in the history of national, regional, and global medicine by participating in the “Organ Transplant Cluster,” serving as the scientific foundation for the hospital to perform liver transplantation (in 2004) successfully and heart transplantation in Vietnam (in 2010). With high scientific and practical value, particularly outstanding, the “Organ Transplant Cluster” was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Science and Technology by the State. This is the only scientific work of the Military Hospital 103, the Vietnam Military Medical University in the field of Medicine and Pharmacy, given the Ho Chi Minh Prize in the second round (in 2005). From these successes, opportunities have been opened to bring life to those suffering from serious diseases related to the liver, kidney, heart, etc. At the same time, it serves as a driving force for developing a series of medical specialties, making an essential contribution to the overall development of our country’s military medical industry and healthcare sector.
4. Achievements
Since its establishment, the hospital has 18 professors, 130 associate professors, seven doctors of science, 216 doctors, hundreds of specialists I, II, and masters along with many professional, political, military, logistics personnel with University and postgraduate degrees, etc., 12 People’s Physicians, 151 Excellent Physicians, 6 People’s Teachers, 9 Excellent Teachers, 26 comrades who had studied and worked at the hospital were promoted to the rank of general; 7 individuals and six units were awarded the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces, one individual was awarded the title of Hero of Labor.
Over 70 years of construction and growth, the hospital has received the attention of leaders and commanders at all levels, such as the Ministry of Defense, Department of Military Medicine, and Vietnam Military Medical University; the practical assistance of the Ministry of Health and medical facilities throughout the country; the support of the Party, authorities and people of the localities where the hospital is stationed along with the tireless efforts of generations of officers, employees and soldiers of the hospital through the ages have built up a precious tradition and created the current position for the University.
Over 70 years of construction and growth, the Treatment Team 3, Military Medical Hospital 103, Hospital 103, and Military Hospital 103 have made extraordinary contributions to national liberation, national defense, and national construction:
Paralleling with the Vietnam Military Medical University to train tens of thousands of medical personnel and staff for the country;
Conducting Medical examination and treatment for millions of wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, soldiers, and people; always closely following the battlefield, the reality of the unit, actively directing and serving the Line, ensuring military medicine for Nam Yet Island (Spratly Island), helping hospitals and frontline medical facilities, actively participating in Program 12 (combined army medical service), participating the field hospital in South Sudan.
Thousands of scientific research topics with high practical value have been applied in medical examination and treatment for soldiers and people.
Recognizing the achievements achieved by generations of cadres, employees and soldiers of the hospital over the years, the Party, the State, the Army, Ministries, and Branches of the Central and local governments have awarded the unit many noble awards:
– 1 Ho Chi Minh Order (2015)
– 3 times winning Hero of the People’s Armed Forces (1989, 2009, 2014).
– 3 Military Merit Medals (1980, 1985, 2005)
– 5 Meritorious Service Medals (1969, 1974, 1983, 1995, 2000)
– 1 Order of Independence (2012)
– 3 Labor Medals (2011, 2014, 2021)
– 1 Order of Ixala of the Lao People’s Republic (2011)
– Being one of 12 collectives and the only hospital in the country honored in the program “Glory in Vietnam – Marking 30 years of Renovation”
– 2 Ministry of Defense Award Flags “Unit with Cultural Environment”
– Honored by the Vietnam Youth Union and the Vietnam Young Physicians Association as a “Friendly Hospital for Public Health.”
– Many Bonus Flags, Merit of all kinds.
– 8 units (Department – Department of Burns; Divisions – Department of Cardiology, Nephrology, Joints, Endocrinology; Department – Department of Orthopaedics; Department – Department of Abdominal Surgery; Department – Department of Neurosurgery; Department – Department of Internal Infectious Diseases, Department of Logistics – Engineering, Faculty of Pharmacy) were awarded the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces.
– Many units were awarded Medals, Flags, and Certificates of Merit of all kinds.
– Many individuals were awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for scientific research.
5. Mission, vision, and core values of Military Hospital 103
5.1. Mission
Conducting medical examination, treatment, and health consultancy; meeting the needs of protection and health care of soldiers and people; participating in training high-quality health human resources; implementing medical scientific research and military medicine, application, and transfer of advanced technology.
5.2. Vision
Striving to become a leading modern general hospital – an exemplary medical practice facility, scientific research, and intensive medicine.
5.3. Core values
Professionalism – Effectiveness – Safety – Cooperation.
6. Contact Information
Address: No. 261 Phung Hung Street, Phuc La, Ha Dong, Hanoi
Website: benhvien103.vn
Email: hospital103@benhvien103.vn
Hotline: 0967811616