Medical

Lam Dong Provincial Health sector proactively disinfects to prevent meningococcal disease. Photo: Phuc Khanh

Lam Dong Department of Health guides the prevention of meningococcal meningitis

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Lam Dong - The health sector has concluded monitoring cases of close contact with meningococcal meningitis cases, advising people to proactively prevent the disease.

Military forces of Ward 3 Bao Loc support bringing pregnant women in labor to the health station. Photo: Ward 3 Military Command of Bao Loc

Ward military promptly supports pregnant woman in labor while on the road

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Lam Dong - A pregnant woman showing signs of labor while moving on the road was promptly taken to a medical facility by the military force of Bao Loc Ward 3.

Vietnam is currently in the group of 30 countries with the highest burden of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis in the world. Pictured is a doctor examining a patient. Photo: BVCC

Proposal to integrate tuberculosis screening into periodic health check-ups for people

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In 2025, the whole country detected more than 19,000 cases of tuberculosis, equivalent to about 63% of the estimated number of cases in the community.

Doctors at Quang Ngai Provincial Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital check the health of a baby girl with suspected food poisoning symptoms after eating bread. Photo: Dong Giang

Bread eating incident leaves 19 people hospitalized, Ministry of Health requests urgent investigation

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19 people hospitalized after eating bread in Tinh Khe commune (Quang Ngai), suspected of food poisoning. The Ministry of Health requests urgent investigation and handling of the case.

Accident while diving in Lam Dong, 1 diver dies

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Lam Dong - A divers encountered an accident while diving, although taken to the hospital for emergency treatment, he did not survive.