HCMC seeks $285 mln of central budget for healthcare improvement

People wait in line for health checks at a ward-level medical center in HCMC's Binh Thanh District in 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Thu Anh

Ho Chi Minh City has asked the central government for over VND6.5 trillion ($285 million) to upgrade grassroots health services and three outlying hospitals.

In a recent statement sent to the Ministries of Planning-Investment and Health, the HCMC administration said it needs VND2 trillion to renovate its Center for Disease Control and Prevention and 184 medical centers at ward and commune levels, aside from VND4.5 trillion to upgrade general hospitals in the districts of Hoc Mon and Cu Chi, and Thu Duc City.

The city had already put forward the proposal last month following the government's program on recovering and developing socio-economic activities.

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