Medical

Choking up longan seeds, 4-year-old boy dies

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Lang Son - 4-year-old child choked upon eating longan, fell into a cyanosis state, stopped circulating and died.

Vinh Long focuses on nutrition, improving children's health

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Vinh Long - Nutrition for children is focused on by the health sector with many solutions to control malnutrition, overweight, obesity, and improve physique.

Man in critical condition for reusing eye drops that once caused allergies

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Ho Chi Minh City - Just a few minutes after reusing eye drops that once caused allergies, a 51-year-old man had blisters on his skin and many ulcerated mucous membranes.

90 days and nights of free health check-ups for more than 3.3 million people in Vinh Long

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Vinh Long - Universal free health screening is implemented in 90 days and nights, striving to examine more than 3.3 million people and establish electronic health records.

4-year-old child turns purple even when awake, SpO2 drops to 61% at night

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Ho Chi Minh City - Multiple sleep measurement results show that the apnea - decreased breathing index of 4-year-old children is up to 39.5 times/hour, the lowest SpO2 in the night dropped to 61%.

33-year-old boy donates organs after brain death, saving 3 patients

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On June 4, People's Hospital 115 HCMC said that it had just successfully performed surgery to remove and transplant organ tissue from an organ donor due to brain death.

Quang Tri strengthens international medical quarantine at Cha Lo International Border Gate

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Quang Tri - The provincial health sector closely monitors people, vehicles, and import and export goods to prevent epidemics at Cha Lo International Border Gate.

Doctors show how to recognize and give first aid to people with heatstroke and heatstroke

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Doctors recommend that when encountering people with signs of heatstroke, it is necessary to perform first aid properly and quickly take the patient to a medical facility when necessary.

Kotrans Co., Ltd. fined nearly 148 million VND for violations in cosmetics business

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The Drug Administration of Vietnam has just fined Kotrans Co., Ltd. 147.5 million VND for many violations in cosmetics business.

Organ donation and transplantation, misunderstandings that need to be resolved

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Ho Chi Minh City - Organ transplant experts affirm that the organ donation - receipt process is strictly, transparently and confidentially managed.

Hai Phong people receive free health check-ups at least once a year

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Hai Phong - The City People's Committee has just issued a plan to organize periodic health check-ups or free screenings for city residents.

Lao Cai launches the largest free health check-up campaign ever

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Lao Cai - The province aims to have at least 50% of the population examined in June, aiming to proactively prevent diseases and provide universal health care.

Prolonged heat, doctors indicate the amount of water the body needs to replenish each day

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Faced with prolonged heat, doctors have pointed out warning signs that the body is dehydrated, losing electrolytes, as well as how to supplement water properly.

Living with abnormal heartbeat for 10 years due to atrial fibrillation

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Ho Chi Minh City - Atrial fibrillation is being recorded a lot in the elderly and people with cardiovascular disease. The disease can progress silently and there is a risk of severe complications.

The main surgeon is entitled to a maximum allowance of 560,000 VND

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From July 15, 2026, the surgical allowance level in the medical industry is regulated from 40,000 VND to 560,000 VND/person/stage, depending on the role of participation and type of surgery.

Turning traditional medicine into a national resource

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Traditional Vietnamese medicine is facing a breakthrough opportunity, becoming a healthcare resource and developing the medicinal herb industry.

Patients in Da Nang hope to have more motivation from music

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Da Nang - Many patients treated for many days at Da Nang Lung Hospital expressed their desire for more du ca activities to relieve psychological pressure.

Drinking alcohol for many years, patient hospitalized due to irreversible cirrhosis and liver cancer

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After many years of drinking alcohol, a man was hospitalized in a state of vomiting blood, black stools and was diagnosed with irreversible cirrhosis accompanied by liver cancer.

Neck and shoulder pain increases in hot weather, doctors warn of wrong cooling habits

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Hanoi - The habit of improper cooling in hot weather unintentionally increases the rate of patients with neck and shoulder pain.

Pregnant woman dies in Ho Chi Minh City: Establishing a professional council to determine the cause

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Ho Chi Minh City - A pregnant woman died during a cesarean section at a hospital in Thu Dau Mot ward.