Medical

Rescuing a 78-year-old man with a critical chest aortic rupture

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Thong Nhat Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has just saved an elderly patient in a state of thoracic aortic rupture, one of the dangerous cardiovascular emergency treatments.

Rescuing a 72-year-old man who had cardiac arrest thanks to E-CPR technique

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A 72-year-old man with cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction has just been saved by doctors at Gia Dinh People's Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

Bach Mai Hospital, Ninh Binh facility, welcomes the first patients

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Ninh Binh - On the morning of June 26, Bach Mai Hospital facility in Ninh Binh officially went into operation and welcomed the first patients.

From July 1, 2026, outpatients outside the tuyến will be paid additional benefits by health insurance

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Expanded health insurance benefits from July 1, 2026, people who have outpatient examinations outside the tuyến at some medical facilities will be supported by the health insurance fund to pay additional costs.

Lam Dong accelerates free health check-up campaign for all people

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Lam Dong - The free health check-up campaign is entering its peak period, but the participation rate of many groups is still low.

Bread poisoning hospitalizes 59 people, Nghe An tightens food safety procedures

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Nghe An - From the banh mi poisoning case in Dien Chau commune recording 59 people hospitalized, the health sector requests to tighten the entire food safety process.

Surgery saves an old woman with severe and rare gastrointestinal bleeding

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Ho Chi Minh City - Surgeons rescued an 82-year-old patient with severe gastrointestinal bleeding. This is a rare case when the lesion is located in the small intestine.

A meat grinder crushes a woman's hand in Ho Chi Minh City

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Ho Chi Minh City - Today (April 21), the Orthopedic Trauma Hospital said it has just successfully treated a patient whose right hand was crushed by a meat grinder while working.

Modern treatment area worth nearly 180 billion VND in Da Nang officially welcomes patients

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Da Nang - The modern treatment area worth nearly 180 billion VND at Quang Nam General Hospital officially operates, serving people in southern Da Nang.

Ministry of Health cuts administrative procedures, strongly decentralizes to localities

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The Ministry of Health is accelerating administrative reform in the direction of reducing procedures, shortening processing time and strong decentralization to localities.

Trillion-VND cancer hospital in Can Tho continues to wait for supplies

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Can Tho - The investment project to build Can Tho City Oncology Hospital (scale of 500 beds) is restarted, contributing to the realization of a specialized medical center in the Mekong Delta.

8 people in Lang Son hospitalized due to bee stings while visiting graves

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Lang Son - During the Thanh Minh Tet holiday, the Provincial General Hospital received 8 cases of bee stings while sweeping graves and clearing bushes.

Outpatient emergency: The life-and-death link is still weak

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Extrahospital emergency plays a vital role but is still thin, slow, and unsynchronized, requiring strong reforms to avoid missing the "golden hour" to save people.

Accelerate the progress of facility 2 of Bach Mai Hospital, Viet Duc

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The Ministry of Health continues to urge and remove obstacles to accelerate the progress of the second facility project of Bach Mai and Viet Duc Hospitals.

Lam Dong strengthens rabies prevention and control for people's health

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Lam Dong - The health sector coordinates with units and localities to promote propaganda, raise awareness of rabies prevention and control, and protect people's health.

Food poisoning incident at Binh Quoi Tay Elementary School: Cause has been identified

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Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety concluded that the incident that occurred at Binh Quoi Tay Primary School on April 7 was a food poisoning case.

Surgery saves patient with two rare cancers at the same time

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Quang Tri - Rare cancer surgery successfully performed, simultaneously treating two primary tumors on the same patient.

Rescuing a 25-year-old young man who was stabbed in both eyes by 2 chopsticks at the same time

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Doctors at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital promptly saved and maximally preserved vision for a 25-year-old young man in Phu Tho who was stabbed deep in the eyes by two chopsticks.

Acute gout requires joint aspiration, warning of the trend of disease rejuvenation

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Acute gout in young people is increasing due to unhealthy lifestyles and diets. In the case of a 33-year-old male patient, 70 ml of joint fluid had to be aspirated due to severe relapse.

Seasonal changes, infectious diseases increase, parents proactively get vaccinated

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Seasonal changes cause infectious diseases to increase, especially in young children. Many parents proactively take their children for vaccination to prevent the disease.