Medical

Lam Dong will have nearly 3.9 million people receiving free health check-ups

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Lam Dong - The Provincial People's Committee has developed a plan for periodic health check-ups and free screening for nearly 3.9 million people in 2026.

Chest tightness, shortness of breath, many people worry about going for lung cancer screening

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Hanoi - Suffering from prolonged cough, chest tightness, and shortness of breath, many people come to Bach Mai Hospital for free lung cancer screening.

Hundreds of people screened for lung cancer, many cases detect early signs of the disease

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Hundreds of people participated in the free lung cancer screening program at Bach Mai Hospital, many cases were detected early with abnormal signs.

Many people carry the thalassemia gene that is only detected when giving birth to children with the disease

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Thalassemia (congenital thalassemia) is a common genetic disease, but many people do not know they carry the disease gene until they give birth to a sick child.

Man in Da Nang has hook stuck deep in the esophagus after eating sea fish

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Da Nang - A man was hospitalized for emergency treatment because the hook was deeply stuck in the esophagus, in a location near a large blood vessel, posing a life-threatening risk.

Hanoi's air is polluted, affecting health

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Weather changes along with polluted air quality cause many diseases to appear.

Warning of acrodermatitis in children

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HCMC - Children with acrodermatitis have diverse clinical manifestations such as red skin, skin erosion, blisters, vesicles, pustules...

Meningitis is easily confused with respiratory disease, what to do to recognize it?

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According to doctors at the National Children's Hospital, this year, the rate of children with meningitis caused by the EV virus has increased with many typical symptoms.

Shorten medical examination and treatment time thanks to electronic medical records

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Putting electronic medical records into operation has many benefits such as reducing waiting time and cumbersome procedures for patients and their families...

Ca Mau stipulates that each hamlet has two medical staff

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Ca Mau - The Provincial People's Committee stipulates that each hamlet in the area is assigned 2 medical staff, with a total of 744 hamlets.

Miraculous recovery of quadriplegic patient, once living on ventilator

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Unfortunately, after a serious accident that left him paralyzed in all four limbs and unable to breathe on his own, after a year of treatment, patient Tran Ho Dung has made a spectacular recovery and returned to normal life, to the joy of his family and doctors at Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital.

Need specific mechanisms and policies for family doctor model

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Can Tho - Can Tho Department of Health recommends that there should be specific mechanisms, policies, and instructions related to implementing the family doctor model.

Patient in Hai Phong had bamboo toothpick pierced colon

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Hai Phong - Kien An Hospital has just performed laparoscopic surgery on a patient injured by swallowing a bamboo toothpick.

Cervical cerclage saves 24-week pregnant woman with threatened miscarriage

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On the morning of October 31, doctors at Hospital 199 of the Ministry of Public Security successfully stitched the cervix of a 24-week pregnant woman who was at risk of premature birth.

Time for health insurance to pay when patients buy medicine themselves

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If a patient buys medicine outside, how many days will it take for health insurance to pay directly?

Increase access and payment for cancer treatment drugs for patients

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Currently, there are many new generation advanced drugs with high treatment efficiency for cancer that are not on the list of drugs covered by health insurance.

Licensing and renewal of registration for circulation of many original pharmaceutical drugs

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The Department of Drug Administration, Ministry of Health has just decided to announce the list of new issuances and renewals of circulation registration certificates for 54 original brand-name drugs.

Infectious diseases are becoming more complicated in Dak Lak

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In the last months of the year in Dak Lak, the situation of infectious diseases is increasing dramatically. Currently, the authorities and medical forces in the area are focusing resources to prevent and control the spread of the disease on a large scale.

The fight for life for patients with a 90% mortality rate

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The Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases admitted a male patient with duodenal fistula, severe sepsis, and a mortality risk of over 90%.

Can Tho has solutions to increase revenue for grassroots medical staff

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Can Tho - Building trust with patients, the Family Doctor Clinic aims to open more types of services to help increase revenue for grassroots medical staff.