Medical

Don't let bathing in the wrong way lead to stroke

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During hot holidays, the habit of showering immediately after sunbathing to cool down can cause heat shock, increasing the risk of stroke.

Only 6 days old, the patient was diagnosed with a rare disease

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Ho Chi Minh City - A 6-day-old infant was hospitalized due to abdominal distension and green discharge, but after examination, it was determined to have appendicitis, a rare disease at this age.

Dookki, Laboong fined for food safety violations

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Hanoi - Dookki restaurant, Laboong milk tea and many eateries in the city were administratively sanctioned in the field of food safety.

Parents reflect inadequacies when taking vaccines at a health station in Khanh Hoa

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Khanh Hoa - A parent complained about taking his child to the commune health station to get Rota vaccine but being refused because he had not registered in advance...

Endoscopic surgery saves patient stabbed through chest and abdomen by wooden branch

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Khanh Hoa - A patient whose chest and abdomen were pierced by a wooden branch has been successfully treated by doctors with modern endoscopic surgery.

Hand, foot and mouth disease increases in the Mekong Delta, no longer seasonally clear

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Can Tho - At the final-line hospital in the Mekong Delta, in the first 3 months of the year, hand, foot and mouth disease increased sharply compared to the same period. Doctors said the disease is no longer seasonally clear.

Patient hospitalized for emergency treatment for believing in advertisement "worn out after 1 month

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Ho Chi Minh City - Believing in the advertisement "stones wear out after a month", many patients are hospitalized when stones cause obstruction, threaten kidney function, and require surgery.

Successful surgery to remove large submandibular gland stones at Vung Tau General Hospital

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Ho Chi Minh City - This is the first time a surgery to remove submandibular stone has been performed and successfully performed at Vung Tau General Hospital.

Application of knee replacement surgery robot for the first time in the Central region

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Da Nang - 63-year-old woman recovers rapidly, walking immediately after knee replacement surgery using robots.

Prolonged cough thought to be flu, many elderly people hospitalized due to pneumonia

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Ho Chi Minh City - Pneumonia in the elderly tends to increase. Symptoms of the disease occur silently, causing many people to detect late, with a risk of severe complications.

Controlling stunting malnutrition in young children below 8% by 2030

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Khanh Hoa has many specific goals and targets to comprehensively control and improve the nutritional status of people in the area.

Risk from HPV in men, common infection, silent progression

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HPV is not only common in women but also has a significant rate of infection in men, with many cases silently prolonged and difficult to eliminate.

Foreign patient removed from 83.8 gram gravel

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Can Tho - On the evening of April 2nd, Nam Can Tho University Hospital said that the unit had just successfully performed surgery to remove a large coral stone for a foreign patient.

Ministry of Health announces list of food safety testing facilities

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The Food Safety Department - Ministry of Health has just announced the latest list of 26 testing facilities serving state management of food safety.

Hand, foot and mouth disease increases, EV71 reappears, increasing the risk of seriousness

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Doctors especially remind parents not to be subjective about the return of the EV71 virus strain - an agent that can cause serious complications in children with hand, foot and mouth disease.

Hanoi Chairman orders general inspection of slaughterhouses after the case of smuggling sick pigs into schools

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Hanoi - Chairman of the City People's Committee directs the Department of Agriculture and Environment to organize a general inspection, supervision, and control of slaughterhouses.

Lao Cai launches the "Digital Food Safety Map" System

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Lao Cai - April 2nd, the Department of Health organized a conference to launch and introduce the "Digital Food Safety Map" System (Lao Cai FoodSafe).

Hand, foot and mouth disease, dengue fever simultaneously increase at end-line hospitals in the Mekong Delta

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Can Tho - The final-level pediatric specialty hospital in the Mekong Delta recorded increased hand, foot and mouth disease and dengue fever in the first 3 months of the year.

Health insurance drugs are still lacking, flexible response to support patients

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Lack of health insurance (HI) drugs still occurs at some medical facilities, forcing some patients to buy drugs outside. However, flexible solutions from the new mechanism and the proactiveness of hospitals are opening up a way out, helping to minimize the cost burden for people.

The appearance of the 258 billion VND hospital in Lao Cai is gradually being completed

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Lao Cai - The Bao Yen Regional General Hospital project has taken on a new look, striving to reach the finish line in the third quarter of 2026.