Medical

Lao Cai launches the "Digital Food Safety Map" System

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Lao Cai - April 2nd, the Department of Health organized a conference to launch and introduce the "Digital Food Safety Map" System (Lao Cai FoodSafe).

Hand, foot and mouth disease, dengue fever simultaneously increase at end-line hospitals in the Mekong Delta

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Can Tho - The final-level pediatric specialty hospital in the Mekong Delta recorded increased hand, foot and mouth disease and dengue fever in the first 3 months of the year.

Health insurance drugs are still lacking, flexible response to support patients

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Lack of health insurance (HI) drugs still occurs at some medical facilities, forcing some patients to buy drugs outside. However, flexible solutions from the new mechanism and the proactiveness of hospitals are opening up a way out, helping to minimize the cost burden for people.

The appearance of the 258 billion VND hospital in Lao Cai is gradually being completed

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Lao Cai - The Bao Yen Regional General Hospital project has taken on a new look, striving to reach the finish line in the third quarter of 2026.

Artists in patient clothes still sow hope with music

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In a patient's jacket, the artist still quietly brings the sound of the viola to the hospital, with gentle melodies becoming a source of encouragement, soothing the spirit of everyone.

Applying information technology and artificial intelligence to reduce the load on hospitals

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Recently, medical facilities in Ho Chi Minh City have increased the application of information technology and artificial intelligence to reduce overload and waiting time in order to better serve the medical examination and treatment needs of the people.

What is the latest proposal on transit?

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The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance stipulates the removal of referral procedures for a number of rare diseases and serious diseases...

Ministry of Health responds to medical practice license adjustments

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The Ministry of Health has just responded about the conditions for granting and adjusting medical practice licenses for doctors.

Haunted by being stung by a red ant, widespread skin damage

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HCMC - Many people are stung by ants in sensitive areas such as the eyes, armpits, genitals, groin, etc., causing widespread skin damage that takes a long time to heal.

Successfully rescued a man whose leg was cut by a harrow blade

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The Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases has just treated a case admitted in a state of shock, pain, and blood loss due to a plow blade cutting through the leg.

The rate of use of traditional medicine is too low, only 4.5%

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In recent times, the proportion of traditional medicine use in the total expenditure structure of medicine has decreased from 7.5% to 4.5%.

Need to soon abolish referral procedures for rare and dangerous diseases

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The proposal to remove the referral procedure for some rare and serious diseases that can be transferred directly to higher-level treatment... is good news for patients.

People should be wary of "feng shui eyebrows"

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HCMC - People need to be wary of advertisements from feng shui eyebrow establishments when they do not know the establishment's operations.

The list of health insurance drugs will be updated at least once a year

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The Ministry of Health is updating and adding new drugs with high treatment effectiveness to the list of health insurance drugs.

What do patients get when they skip the referral procedure for some diseases?

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The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance (HI) stipulates the removal of referral procedures for a number of rare and serious diseases.

15 Quang Nam students hospitalized after eating yogurt

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15 primary school students in Quang Nam were hospitalized for emergency treatment, showing signs of poisoning after eating yogurt.

Preventing law evasion and "erasing traces" when selling drugs online

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Pharmacies have many disguised forms for selling drugs online to circumvent the law and erase traces.

Organ donation - a noble act that saves many lives

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On October 24, Phu Tho General Hospital performed organ donation surgery to save the lives of two kidney failure patients.

There are many dangers present in everyday foods

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From the reality of recent food safety incidents, it shows that there are still dangers present in food products consumed daily.

Can Tho states the cause of local shortage of some drugs and chemicals

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Can Tho - Local shortage of some drugs and chemicals due to contractors not having enough supplies or not supplying enough according to hospital orders.