Ministry of Health appoints Director of Central Eye Hospital
On the afternoon of March 10, at the appointment ceremony held at the Central Eye Hospital, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan emphasized that Dr. Pham Ngoc Dong is a well-trained and well-organized cadre. After graduating as a doctor in 1992, he continued to study hard and received his PhD in medicine in 2009, and was recognized by the State Council for the title of Associate Professor of Medicine in 2019.
He has studied and worked at the Central Eye Hospital for more than 30 years, having held many positions in many different positions from treating physician, Deputy Head of Department, Head of Endocrinology Department to the position of Deputy Director in charge of expertise (from 2017), Deputy Director in charge of operations of the Central Eye Hospital (from May 2024 to present).
The Minister of Health emphasized the issue of hospital development orientation in the coming time; widely deploying many new techniques and new methods, proactively upgrading, repairing and supplementing medical equipment to contribute to modernizing facilities and equipment...
At the same time, assigning the task to Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Ngoc Dong to "focus on training, improving professional capacity and professional ethics of staff and civil servants in the hospital"; along with improving the hospital's service attitude, multiplying the good aspects, pushing back the bad aspects.
Hanoi Department of Health appoints a series of officials
The Hanoi Department of Health has published the Decisions of the Hanoi Department of Health on: Cadre work for department-level and deputy department-level comrades; Decision on appointment of department-level public service unit heads; Decision on personnel work for department and unit deputy heads.
11 units received from the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to the Department of Health include: Social Protection Center 1 Hanoi; Social Protection Center 2 Hanoi; Social Protection Center 3 Hanoi; Center for Mental Health Care and Rehabilitation No. 1 Hanoi; Center for Social Work and Rehabilitation No. 2 Hanoi; Center for People with Disabilities Hanoi; Center for Vietnam - Korea Rehabilitation; Birla Hanoi Children's Village; Hanoi SOS Children's Village; Hanoi Disabled Children's Nutrition Center; Center for Social Work and Hanoi Children's Support Fund. See more
Proposal to have a second child with 7 months off, support for buying social housing
The Department of Population - Ministry of Health has advised the Ministry of Health to submit to the Government a proposal to develop a Population Law and a draft Population Law, proposing 3 major groups of policies: Maintaining replacement fertility; reducing gender imbalance at birth and bringing the sex ratio at birth to natural balance; improving population quality.
The draft law also proposes to allow female workers to extend maternity leave for 7 months instead of 6 months when giving birth to a second child; create conditions for women who give birth to 2 children in industrial parks, export processing zones and provinces and cities with low birth rates to be supported to rent and buy social housing. See more
Vietnam has many rare cases of dragon worm infections
Information from Dang Van Ngu Hospital said that so far, Vietnam has recorded 24 cases of dragon worm infection.
The whole world currently only records a few dozen cases per year, commonly in African countries. In Vietnam, the disease has only appeared in recent years. This is one of the longest worms in the human body, from 70 to 120 cm.
From 2021 to present, our country has recorded 24 cases in 5 provinces and cities including Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Lao Cai. Notably, from the time of worm infection to symptoms is about 12 months, during which time the patient has no symptoms. See more
Saving a 4-year-old baby from swallowing an extremely dangerous foreign object
On the evening of March 10, Hanoi Children's Hospital said that the hospital's Department of Gastroenterology had just successfully performed an endoscopy to rescue patient V.K.V (4 years old, Hanoi) who swallowed the right Chuc Cam battery - a foreign object that was considered extremely dangerous if not treated promptly. Doctors at Hanoi Children's Hospital's endoscopy procedure successfully treated the child.
Chamomile batteries are not only a common foreign object but can also cause severe damage in just the first few hours, due to their corrosion and electrical current mechanism, which will cause ulcerative burns leading to forced puncture very early, especially the large battery in the esophagus like in this child. See more
