New South Wales Governor visits Hung Vuong hospital
During a visit to Vietnam, the Governor of New South Wales Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Margaret Beazley AC KC and delegation visited Hung Vuong Hospital – a leading medical centre specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology (OBGYN) in the south of Vietnam.
They were introduced to the VIETRAD system – a machine learning powered system that improves the accuracy of radiologic diagnosis of breast cancer, funded by #Aus4Innovation. It was an opportunity to see how Australia and Vietnam cooperate in technological areas. The delegation was pleased to learn that doctors trained on VIETRAD at Hung Vuong Hospital achieved 80-90% rate of accuracy in detecting abnormalities on mammograms.
VIETRAD has been developed through a partnership between the University of Sydney and the Health Strategy and Policy Institute.
Doctors at Hung Vuong Hospital welcomed Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Margaret Beazley AC KC and delegation.
The delegation was introduced about Hung Vuong Hospital and some achievements since implementing VIETRAD platform.
Her Excellency have a tour of key Departments of the Hospital.
