Public health
Hospitals and clinics
Work on new Xieng Khuang hospital half complete
Construction of a six-storey hospital in Paek district, Xieng Khuang province, costing more than 82 billion kip is nearly half complete.The building is now 42 percent complete after work began in 2017, with completion expected in 2020.The hospital will have an outpatient department, wards containing ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
Private health clinics in Laos forced to close
Health officials say some small, privately run clinics owned or operated by foreign entities will be ordered to close by the end of this year after they were found to be in breach of the regulations.The closures will reduce the number of public complaints the ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Japan Provides A US$17.3 million Grant To Improve Two Hospitals In Laos
(KPL) Jan 23 witnessed a groundbreaking ceremony held at the Setthathirath Hospital, Vientiane, for the Japan-funded Improvement of the Setthathirath Hospital and the Champassak Provincial Hospital Project, which is worth more than US$ 17.3 million.The project includes the construction of necessary facilities and provision of ...
KPL
China-aided hospital building handed over to Laos
VIENTIANE, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) — The handover and opening ceremony of the China-aided comprehensive medical building of Lao Military Hospital 103 has been held in Lao capital Vientiane.The medical building, with a construction area of about 24,000 square meters, is equipped with nearly 300 beds ...
Shi Yinglun
R. Korea Donates Ambulances For Attepeu
(KPL) Wednesday witnessed the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Laos, Mr Shin Sung Soon, presenting three ambulances worth US$ 156,000 to Minister of Health Bounkong Sihavong to be given to the Attapeu Provincial Department of Health and the Attapeu Provincial Hospital.More ...
KPL
Huaphan hospital headway cementing Lao-Viet cooperation
Construction of a new hospital in Huaphan province to further cement the brotherly relations between Laos and Vietnam is now 25 percent complete.“Work on the hospital is making good progress and the building is 25 percent complete after construction began in June 2018. Completion is ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
Children’s Hospital raises the bar in treatment standards
The Children’s Hospital in Vientiane will continue to develop the capacity of paediatric doctors and nurses so they can build upon good healthcare results recorded for under-fives over the past year.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Ministry orders 248 private clinics to close
A total of 248 private clinics operated or owned by foreign and Lao nationals around the country have been ordered to shut down temporarily after the Ministry of Health found them to be in breach of the healthcare regulations.More than 120 of the clinics are ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Construction officially underway for new Mahosot Hospital
Construction of buildings to house the new Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane started on Friday to replace the existing century-old facility as part of efforts to overhaul the country’s health services. More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Mahosot Hospital targets private patients with hepato-gastro intestinal centre
The management of Mahosot Hospital met in Vientiane recently to discuss a health service centre for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with gastroenterology and hepatology.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth