{"id":55200,"date":"2026-03-19T13:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oucru.org\/?p=55200"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:33:35","slug":"strengthening-intensive-care-capacity-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/strengthening-intensive-care-capacity-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening intensive care capacity in Vietnam through international training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vietnam’s hospitals face some of the highest infectious disease caseloads in Southeast Asia, and strengthening intensive care unit (ICU) capacity is increasingly recognised as a national health priority. This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0training drew over 140 intensive care doctors and clinical pharmacists from 20 hospitals and medical universities across H\u00e1\u00bb\u201c Ch\u00c3\u00ad Minh City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme covered the breadth of modern ICU practice, from ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention, sepsis phenotypes, haemodynamic monitoring, point-of-care ultrasound, to sedation, organ dysfunction, antimicrobial resistance, and delirium and withdrawal management. Sessions also included interactive case presentations, and a review of key critical care research from past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UK and Vietnamese experts lead sessions at the ICU Training 2026.
Credit: Trang Nguyen\/OUCRU<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Speakers included experts from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust<\/a> and the University of Southampton<\/a>, alongside clinicians from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases<\/a> and People’s 115 Hospital<\/a> in H\u00e1\u00bb\u201c Ch\u00c3\u00ad Minh City.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visiting team also visited Gia \u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u2039nh People’s Hospital in H\u00e1\u00bb\u201c Ch\u00c3\u00ad Minh City, and \u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u201cng Th\u00c3\u00a1p General Hospital, marking the first time the collaboration has extended beyond the city. These visits provided direct insight into intensive care practice across both urban and provincial settings, informing a short on-site training in \u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u201cng Th\u00c3\u00a1p tailored to local needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going forward, these insights will help shape future programmes to be more targeted and locally relevant, with the broader aim of strengthening clinical exchange at provincial level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The visiting team at Gia \u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u2039nh People’s Hospital and \u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u201cng Th\u00c3\u00a1p General Hospital.
Credit: Trang Nguyen\/OUCRU<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Vietnam’s infectious disease burden places enormous pressure on the ICUs. Clinicians here are managing some of the most complex cases in the region, often with limited resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This training is about ensuring they have access to the same\u00c2\u00a0expertise\u00c2\u00a0as specialists anywhere in the world, while strengthening local networks and partnerships,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Professor Louise Thwaites<\/a>, Senior Research Fellow at OUCRU Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual training is part of a long-standing collaboration between OUCRU and Guy’s and St Thomas’, which has been running since 2014. It is funded by\u00c2\u00a0Dragon Capital Group<\/a>, a long-term supporter of OUCRU’s work to improve healthcare in Vietnam.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future plans\u00c2\u00a0include\u00c2\u00a0additional\u00c2\u00a0training programs, research collaborations, and the establishment of formal links between Vietnamese and UK ICU societies.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OUCRU held its annual intensive care training for healthcare workers on 12\u00e2\u20ac\u201c13 March 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City. The two-day programme brought together specialists from the UK and Vietnam to share the latest knowledge and skills in critical care medicine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":55201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ho-chi-minh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55242,"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55200\/revisions\/55242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.oucru.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}