Medical

Successful surgery to remove giant ovarian tumor for female patient

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Quang Tri - A giant ovarian tumor was successfully removed by doctors at Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital for a 59-year-old female patient.

Dien Bien transfers health stations to commune-level People's Committees for management

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Dien Bien - The Provincial People's Committee has just issued a decision on dissolving a number of health stations and transferring health stations under the Department of Health to the commune-level People's Committee for management.

On the first day of applying the new health insurance policy, eye patients reduce medical examination and treatment costs

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From July 1, 2026, the new health insurance policy expanding out-of-zone medical examination and treatment benefits has brought practical benefits to people.

New health insurance policy creates more treatment opportunities for patients

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On the first day of implementing the new HI policy, many patients coming to Hanoi Eye Hospital were guided to enjoy the right to medical examination and treatment outside the tuyến.

New maternity regime expands workers' rights from July 1st

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The maternity regime taking effect from July 1 expands the rights to leave time, allowances and postpartum support for employees, contributing to improving social security.

Ministry of Health proposes fines of up to 100 million VND for violations in food production and processing

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The Ministry of Health is submitting dossiers for appraisal of the revised Decree on administrative penalties for food safety. Among them, there is an act proposed to be fined up to 100,000,000 VND.

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.