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Bạch Mai Hospital. Bach Mai Hospital is a multi-field medical facility in Hanoi and is considered one of the largest in Vietnam. The hospital was established in 1911 during the French colonial rule. It has played an important role in the health system of Vietnam and is one of three high specialized medical centers, specializing in internal ...
Operation Linebacker II. Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from December 18 to December 29, 1972, during the Vietnam War. More than 20,000 tons of ordnance was dropped on military and industrial areas in Hanoi ...
History. Its founding can be traced back to the Cong Vong Hospital, a 1911 established facility for the treatment of infectious diseases. In 1929 this was expanded into the Robin Hospital. In March 1945 it was renamed to the Bach Mai Hospital. In 1989, the Institute of Clinical Medicine for Tropical Diseases was established, a merger between ...
Bach Mai Hospital, largest in Hanoi, famous for its endurance against US bombings during Operation Rolling Thunder, during the Vietnam War.; E Hospital; K Hospital - with three campuses is the largest and most comprehensive cancer hospital in the country
U.S. aircraft bombed Bach Mai Airfield near central Hanoi and other targets close to the center of Haiphong. North Vietnam claimed that Bạch Mai Hospital, adjacent to the airfield had been bombed causing civilian casualties. [305] 27 June. The South Vietnamese Senate passed a bill authorizing Thieu to rule by decree for six months.
By 12:00, five major hospitals – Bạch Mai Hospital, Đống Đa Hospital, Hà Đông General Hospital, Hanoi University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, and Post Office Hospital – had received a total of 49 patients. Among them were 10 fatalities from outside the hospital (including four children), four immediately discharged mild cases ...
The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time that Bạch Mai Hospital and Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi had been accidentally damaged during December's Operation Linebacker II bombing raids, but without clarifying if the damage was caused by bombing, falling debris or antiaircraft weapons. [7]
Prof. Nguyen Van Xang recalls the 1972 Christmas Bombing of the Bạch Mai Hospital and the recent privatisations which he says have undermined the national health service. Nguyễn Xuân Oánh and Nguyen Thi Oanh respond to official British Government documents recommending the "exploitation" of Vietnam's cheap labour in the EPZs.