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.

Buying medicine online is "as easy as buying vegetables", including antibiotics

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No doctor's prescription or prescription required, pharmacies still sell drugs online and support delivery of antibiotics to your home.

Medical staff allowances are too outdated, when will they increase?

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The Ministry of Health has issued a Draft Decision on the regulation of a number of special allowance regimes for civil servants, public employees, and workers in public health facilities.

Rescue of right hemiparesis patient, 7th hour cerebral stroke

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HCMC - A 64-year-old patient admitted to the hospital with hemiparesis must be accompanied by aphasia after waking up. The doctor diagnosed the patient with a 7th hour stroke.

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.