Medical

Summer, many children are hospitalized due to digestive diseases

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Many children have to be hospitalized due to digestive diseases in the summer. Doctors have pointed out the symptoms that parents need to take their children to the hospital early.

Man in Da Nang accidentally swallows bamboo toothpick while sleeping

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Da Nang - Swallowing a toothpick and then falling asleep, a 67-year-old man accidentally swallowed a sharp bamboo toothpick, 5cm long, into his stomach, leading to critical condition.

Baby has prolonged shortness of breath, doctors discover a live leech more than 12cm long in the trachea

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Quang Ngai - The baby was hospitalized in a state of prolonged shortness of breath. Through endoscopy, doctors at the Provincial Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital discovered a leech over 12cm long living in the airway.

Successful surgery on a 1.1kg teratoma tumor for a newborn

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Ho Chi Minh City - Children's Hospital 1 has successfully operated on a giant tumor in the coccyx region weighing 1.1kg for a 2-day-old newborn.

Ministry of Health tightens management of free medicine program, preventing abuse for advertising

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The Ministry of Health requests the unified implementation of new regulations on the free drug support program to ensure transparency.

Risk of death from necrotizing enterocolitis in premature babies

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HCMC - In premature babies, necrotizing enterocolitis can cause serious bowel damage, sepsis and death if not detected early.

Successfully treating a critical patient after jogging

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HCMC - On April 10, Cho Ray Hospital announced that it had just received and treated a critical patient after jogging.

Joining hands to support Nghe An Dermatology Hospital to overcome difficulties

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Nghe An - The provincial health sector joins hands to support the Dermatology Hospital to overcome difficulties and improve the quality of medical examination and treatment.

11-year-old girl bitten by an 18-kg domestic dog through her esophagus

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The 11-year-old patient was bitten by a dog in the neck, causing serious esophageal damage and was rushed to Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.

The health of the first 2 kidney transplant patients in Quang Ninh is stable

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Quang Ninh - After successfully performing the first 2 kidney transplants in Quang Ninh, up to now (morning of April 10), the health of the 2 patients is stable, the transplanted kidney function is working well.

2 illegal belly fat suction facilities in the center of Ho Chi Minh City

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HCMC - 2 illegal belly fat suction facilities used social networks to post photos of people wearing medical uniforms with academic titles, degrees, titles... to lead people to do cosmetics.

Potential danger of brain and spinal cord disease, warning of the dangers of the disease

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Although brain spores only appear sporadically during the year, because of their dangerous properties, doctors recommend that people should be on guard against sources of susceptibility to disease.

Hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City support health insurance purchases for patients nationwide

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HCMC - Cho Ray Hospital supports the purchase of health insurance (HI) for patients nationwide.

Lam Dong II Hospital saves the arm of an 11-year-old boy

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Lam Dong - Lam Dong II Hospital has just successfully performed a blood vessel transplant surgery to save the arm of an 11-year-old child in an accident.

Escaping the death penalty, People's Artist Thanh Tuan is about to be discharged from the hospital

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HCMC - People's Artist Thanh Tuan was hospitalized in a coma and cardiac arrest. This is a difficult surgery with many techniques applied,

Arbitrarily using performance-enhancing drugs, female patient with critical skin necrosis

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The Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases received a female patient with severe allergies due to self-medication, with symptoms of mucosal ulcers and swelling throughout the body.

Not every website or person is allowed to sell drugs online

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People tend to buy medicine more and more online, creating new opportunities as well as challenges for the development of drug sales through e-commerce platforms.

New information on suspected food poisoning at Dong Thap University

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Dong Thap - Of the 29/33 cases suspected of food poisoning at Dong Thap University that had to be hospitalized, 22 cases have been discharged from the hospital.

Shortening the time for health insurance examination and treatment

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Health insurance (HI) medical examination and treatment is becoming more and more convenient thanks to simplified procedures and shortened waiting time.

Experts warn of risks from spontaneous online drug stores

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Many people today have the habit of buying hand-carried goods, buying through social networks, including medicine and functional foods.