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.

Dozens of suspected measles cases in schools in mountainous areas of Phu Tho

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Phu Tho - In Pa Co commune, 30 suspected measles cases were recorded, mainly in schools, the government and the health sector urgently deployed preventive measures.

Close-up of automatic UV disinfection robots, reducing pressure on the largest public hospital in the South

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HCMC - Cho Ray Hospital is the first public hospital to use a UV disinfection robot, shortening the time for disinfection of the operating room, reducing pressure, and improving safety.

Can Tho schools develop plans to prevent and control overlapping epidemics

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Can Tho - Faced with the complicated epidemic situation, with the potential risk of infection in the collective environment, schools have urgently tightened preventive measures.

Influenza A spreads strongly, the risk of complications increases, adults proactively get vaccinated

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In many hospitals, the number of influenza A cases has increased and there have been cases of kidney failure complications. Faced with the risk of spreading, many adults have proactively been vaccinated.

Respiratory patients hospitalized increase sharply, people with underlying diseases worry

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The number of patients coming to the Central Lung Hospital for examination and treatment of respiratory diseases has increased by 20-30%.

After hundreds of bread poisoning cases in Ho Chi Minh City, people are more vigilant with street food

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HCMC - After hundreds of bread poisoning cases, people are more cautious when choosing daily food. The poisoning is Salmonella bacteria.

Rabies - a danger of subjectivity

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Rabies is still one of the most dangerous infectious diseases for humans, despite effective vaccines for decades. In Vietnam, dozens of deaths are recorded each year, mostly due to subjectivity, lack of knowledge or mis handling right from the time of being bitten by dogs and cats.

Pneumonia increases by 20 30% in cold weather, the elderly are hospitalized many times

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Cold weather has caused the number of cases of pneumonia and respiratory diseases at the Central Lung Hospital to increase. Many elderly people with underlying diseases are hospitalized for coughing and prolonged difficulty breathing.

Inside the degraded buildings at the frontline general hospital in Hai Phong

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Hai Phong - As a frontline hospital, receiving more than 600 patients every day, 50% of the facilities at Kien An Hospital are deteriorating and need to be renovated.

Lifestyle can affect the risk of gestational diabetes

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A healthy lifestyle during pregnancy helps reduce the risk of diabetes and protect the health of mother and baby.

influenza increases sharply in the cold season, vaccination to avoid complications

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Winter is the period when the flu virus breaks out. Vaccination helps prevent flu effectively and reduce the risk of serious complications, hospitalizations, and death.

When soldiers are both doctors and teachers

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HCMC - On November 14, Military Hospital 175 held a seminar on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day, with the theme "Proud of tradition - steadfast in the future".

Vinh Long General Hospital deploys radiotherapy techniques, reducing pressure on the Mekong Delta

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Vinh Long - Vinh Long General Hospital has implemented radiotherapy techniques, marking a new step forward in cancer treatment at the provincial level.

First time performing 2 kidney transplants from brain-dead donors in the Mekong Delta

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The 15th and 16th kidney transplants were performed at Can Tho Central General Hospital and were the first transplants from brain-dead donors in the Mekong Delta.

More hope from new cancer drug, but worries about costs still weigh on patients

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The Ministry of Health has just licensed the circulation of Pembroria, a Russian-made cancer treatment drug, opening up more options for Vietnamese patients.