Attracting and retaining medical talent is a major challenge in many medical facilities. However, there are hospitals that still invite talented people to join the workforce, stay for decades and flourish in their careers. That is the story at FV hospital.
Reputable experts leave the "safe zone" from abroad to work at FV
The situation of "human resource bleeding" in the medical industry is not only happening in Vietnam but also in many countries around the world, especially after Covid-19.
According to ICN - International Council of Nursing, after the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of workers quit their jobs and it is predicted that the world may lack about 13 million medical workers. The above problem is expected to continue and may become a difficult problem for the health sector.
However, for FV's board of directors, over the past 20 years, they have not been too worried about this because it has been proven by impressive numbers.
The hospital representative said that FV's leadership and management team has an average tenure of over 15 years; FV has 1,300 employees, 50% have worked for at least 5 years, of which 88 employees have worked for at least 20 years.
Not only is it operated based on the cultural foundation of "seeing each other as family" and belief in medical ethics, FV also attracts talented people from many places in the world and Vietnam, thanks to its sharp management team; The system of facilities meets international standards and especially creates a professional environment to help doctors focus on their expertise and develop their careers.
FV has created a working environment that ensures high safety for both patients and medical staff by operating according to JCI standards - a world-leading strict medical standard.
In addition to peace of mind in treating patients, good doctors and experts always have the opportunity to propose improvements in treatment techniques to develop their expertise and contribute more to the medical community.
Thus, during 2 decades of establishment and development in Vietnam, FV has become a "magnet" for many good experts from countries with advanced medicine.
One of the leading experts who stepped out of the "safe zone" to join FV since its early days is Dr. Pierre Jaillot. Admiring Pierre Jaillot's talent, General Director of FV Hospital, Dr. Jean-Marcel Guillon persuaded Dr. Pierre Jaillot to collaborate as a rotating doctor at FV from the hospital's early days.
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Doctor Pierre Jaillot - Head of Diagnostic Imaging Department, FV Hospital (Photo: FV).
Through a long period of working at FV, Dr. Pierre Jaillot shared that he has a deep affection for the country and people of Vietnam. In 2015, leaving the role of Head of Diagnostic Imaging Department of Valence Hospital (France), he moved to live permanently in Ho Chi Minh City, taking on the position of Head of Diagnostic Imaging Department, FV Hospital.
His talent is demonstrated through analyzing and reading signs of disease through medical images with an accuracy of up to 95%. This is a very high rate in imaging diagnosis, making an important contribution to the success of surgeries. Not only is he a dean with high expertise, he is also a teacher, devoting a lot of effort to training the next generation at FV.
A similar story is that of Dr. Basma M'Barek, in 2018, she was a female department head with a promising future at a large hospital in the suburbs of Paris (France). She decided to go to Vietnam to join the team. FV doctors and nurses.
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Doctor Basma M'Barek consults cancer patients at FV (Photo: FV).
Explaining about giving up an attractive job position in an advanced country to come to Vietnam with a developing medical and economic industry, Dr. Basma said she really likes Vietnamese life, culture and people. Male.
Another reason for her to choose FV and not another hospital is because the world's most advanced treatment methods and machines are applied here.
In a working environment according to JCI international standards, Dr. Basma leads FV's Hy Vong Cancer Treatment Center to become a high-quality cancer treatment center. She actively connects with a team of oncologists at home and abroad, raising the hospital's reputation and sharing knowledge in cancer treatment with the medical community.
Among the foreign doctors working at FV, it is impossible not to mention Dr. Gilles Blache, a talented European expert in the field of gynecological cancer surgery who left and returned to continue contributing to the cause. FV.
In 2015, Dr. Gilles Blache accepted the invitation to become head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - FV Hospital. He is one of the doctors who brought conservative surgery techniques in breast cancer treatment to Vietnam.