Medical

Hand, foot and mouth disease increases rapidly, Lam Dong health sector strengthens control

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Lam Dong - Hand, foot and mouth disease is increasing rapidly, with 1 death recorded due to EV71, the health sector is urgently implementing epidemic prevention measures.

Khanh Hoa responds to petitions on sanctioning residence registration for children

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Khanh Hoa - Voters are concerned about the content related to administrative sanctions for cases of not registering residence for children within the prescribed time limit.

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.

50 poor patients get free hip replacements

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HCMC - On April 4, Military Hospital 175 organized free hip replacement for 50 patients in difficult circumstances.

Measles and hand, foot and mouth disease increase simultaneously in Hanoi

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Hanoi - Measles and hand, foot and mouth disease are two infectious diseases with high numbers of cases, forecast to continue to increase.

Vietnam closely follows the development of respiratory diseases of unknown cause in Russia

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The epidemiological monitoring system recorded many cases of unknown causes in the Russian Federation. The Ministry of Health has official information.

Organ impersonation revives two lives

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HCMC - Behind the noble gestures of organ donors, there are revived lives, expressing profound humanistic meaning.

The Ministry of Health recognizes the first hospital in Quang Ninh qualified for kidney transplantation

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Quang Ninh - Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital is qualified to perform the technique of removing and grafting kidneys from living donors and from brain-dead donors.

Workers are entitled to 100% health insurance if they suffer from these diseases

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From January 1, 2025, health insurance participants with 62 rare diseases, serious diseases or using high technology will receive 100% of health insurance according to regulations.

Body caught in patient's nose in Dak Lak

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Dak Lak - Doctors successfully removed a live bird from the patient's nose.

HCMC investigates the case of 37 people hospitalized for suspectedlaryngosent poisoning

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HCMC - Regarding suspected poisoning cases in the city, the Department of Food Safety of HCMC is investigating and handling them according to regulations. When there are results, they will be announced.

14 years without increasing allowances, medical staff have a new signal

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Increasing allowances is considered an urgent solution to retain talented people and stabilize the public health system.

Measles cases forecast to continue to increase in Hanoi in the coming time

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Hanoi - Measles epidemics are still on the rise and the number of cases may continue to increase in the coming time.

Successful weight loss, couple welcomes child after many years of waiting

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HCMC - After 4 years of marriage but not pregnant due to being overweight, a couple successfully lost weight and gave birth naturally.

Hanoi Medical University has the first female Chairwoman of the University Council

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On April 3, the Minister of Health presented the decision to recognize the Chairman of the Council of Hanoi Medical University for the 2020-2025 term to Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thi Thu Huong.

New proposal on health insurance for relatives of police officers and soldiers

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The Ministry of Public Security has just completed a Draft Circular on implementing health insurance in the People's Public Security, in which it proposed a method of paying health insurance for relatives of officers and soldiers.

Ensuring school safety against the risk of measles spreading

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Schools are an environment prone to the risk of spreading epidemics, especially during the current measles epidemic.

To avoid the obsession with toilets in hospitals

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Many people say that to know whether the hospital is really clean or not, just go to check the toilet area for family members and patients of that hospital and the results are clear.