Medical
At least 17 people hospitalized after eating bread in Ho Chi Minh City
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Ho Chi Minh City - 17 people had to go to medical facilities in Lai Thieu ward for treatment after eating bread, local authorities temporarily suspended the related business establishment.
Nearly 1/3 of hand, foot and mouth hospitalization cases at Children's Hospital 1 are severe cases
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Ho Chi Minh City - Children's Hospital 1 is treating about 50 inpatient hand, foot and mouth disease cases, of which severe cases account for nearly 1/3.
Leaving sidewalks and hospital premises unfinished, Gia Lai directs handling
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Gia Lai - Sidewalks and campuses of some hospitals are still messy and unsanitary, affecting the quality of patient service.
Dog biting many people in Quang Ngai gives rabies virus positive
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Quang Ngai - The dog that bit 5 people in Dong Son commune tested positive for rabies virus. The locality urgently implements epidemic prevention measures.
House fire kills 2 people in Ho Chi Minh City: 15-year-old victim with poor health
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Ho Chi Minh City - On September 18, Cho Ray Hospital said that the 15-year-old victim had a poor prognosis for health.
6 things you should absolutely not do before a regular health check-up
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Preparing well before the health check-up helps get accurate results and avoids unfortunate errors, from documents, eating habits to living habits.
Breakthrough in NBI endoscopy technique for early detection of digestive cancer
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Vinh Long - Vinh Long General Hospital deploys NBI narrow-range endoscopy, helping to detect early, safe, and accurate digestive lesions for patients.
Exemption from hospital fees for cancer patients is necessary but requires a sustainable roadmap and resources
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HCMC - Regarding the issue of free health insurance, according to experts, there needs to be a roadmap because chronic diseases such as cancer have very high treatment costs.
Assessing hospital quality to improve standards for patient service
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After 10 years of implementing the program to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment (KCB), the Vietnamese health system has recorded many important changes from policies, standards to management and technology. The consistent goal is to build a transparent and safe healthcare system, placing patients at the center.
Chronic patients carry out drug costs outside the list, expect new health insurance policies
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Many chronic patients have to buy medicine outside the health insurance list at high costs, creating great pressure for their families. They expect the new health insurance policy to be implemented soon.
People aged 65 to under 75 need to contact the Ward People's Committee to complete procedures to issue health insurance cards
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HCMC - People who are eligible but do not have a health insurance card or an expired health insurance card should contact the Ward People's Committee to complete the procedures for issuing a health insurance card.
20h News: Proposal to increase allowances to 100% for grassroots health care and preventive medicine nationwide
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20h News on December 2: Proposal to increase grassroots health allowances and preventive medicine to 100% nationwide; Some households do not hand over land for the construction of the 2.5 belt road in Hanoi...
Hospital in Hung Yen successfully removed a 4cm long sewing needle from the duodenum of an 11-month-old baby
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Hung Yen - Thai Binh Children's Hospital successfully removed a 4cm long sewing needle from the duodenum of an 11-month-old baby.
Medical examination and treatment at Tu Du Hospital, Facility 2 increased
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HCMC - After 3 weeks of Tu Du Hospital, Facility 2 in Can Gio, coming into operation, the number of medical examinations and treatments increased compared to before, the number of emergency referrals decreased significantly.
Fine 45 million VND for illegal medical clinic in Hai Phong
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Hai Phong - The owner of the "Hoa Chinh Pharmacy" (in Duong Kinh ward) was fined 45 million VND for illegal medical examination and treatment.
Vinh Long saves a 94-year-old woman by placing a temporary mechanism to create a temporary rhythm
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Vinh Long - Vinh Long General Hospital promptly saved the life of a 94-year-old woman with a critical slow-rhythm problem thanks to the implementation of temporary heart rhythm placement techniques.
The journey of a heart through Vietnam was transplanted to a 9-year-old boy in Ho Chi Minh City
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HCMC - 3 hospitals activated the process of taking - transporting - transplanting hearts across Vietnam for a 9-year-old boy with end-stage heart failure, opening up new life opportunities for the child.
Health insurance spends more than 142,000 billion VND in 2024, reducing the burden on patients
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In the context of the constantly increasing cost of medical examination and treatment, for many families - especially low-income workers - health insurance cards (HI) have become a "lifeline" for many patients.
Heart transplant to travel across Vietnam, saving the life of a 9-year-old boy
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HCMC - The hospital teams have just successfully performed a cross-Vietnam heart transplant, transferring the heart from a 57 kg donor to the body of a 9-year-old boy weighing 33 kg.
Dengue fever in the Mekong Delta has not cooled down, warning of complicated epidemics until the end of the year
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Mekong Delta - By the end of November, dengue fever has not cooled down with severe age problems usually occurring in children aged 6, 9, and 16.
