Medical

14-year-old male student hospitalized for inserting a 20cm long cucumber into the rectum

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Doctors at Bac Ninh General Hospital No. 1 performed endoscopy and successfully removed a cucumber about 20cm long from the rectal of a 14-year-old male student.

First time Vietnam tests practicing capacity for doctors

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From 2027, Vietnam will for the first time organize a professional competency assessment test for doctors.

Seized 93,500 Make Sense hairspray products without invoices or documents

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Market Management Team No. 17 of Hanoi city seized 93,500 Make Sense brand hairspray products because they did not have invoices and documents proving their origin.

Sources of money to pay for health check-ups at the beginning of the school year

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According to the Ministry of Health, educational institutions must update health check data at the beginning of the school year to the Ministry of Health's Health Data Portal according to instructions.

National recall of substandard Colchicina Seid drug

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The Ministry of Health decided to recall a nationwide batch of Colchicina Seid medicine due to not meeting quality standards in many indicators.

Increasing number of HIV patients requiring inpatient treatment at end-line hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City

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Ho Chi Minh City - For people infected with HIV/AIDS, voluntarily abandoning treatment not only increases the risk of infection, but patients are also prone to worsening and contracting many other dangerous diseases.

Watching a 12-hour short video for a day, a woman experiences a series of uncomfortable symptoms

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Spending too much time watching short videos can make it difficult for users to concentrate, easily get tired and affect mental health.

Digitizing ambulances, shortening emergency time to help people receive timely treatment

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Ho Chi Minh City - All ambulances are expected to be equipped with positioning devices, helping to coordinate faster, bring patients to appropriate facilities and shorten emergency time.

Signs of autism that parents need to pay attention to by age

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Autism symptoms are often recognized from the early years of life. However, the manifestations in each child may be different.

Swallowing the wrong medicine blister, a 60-year-old man suffered from a foreign object in his esophagus

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A 60-year-old patient in Hanoi swallowed a blister pack of medicine, causing neck and chest pain, requiring endoscopy to remove a foreign object from the esophagus.

Khanh Hoa brings automatic defibrillation machine to community

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Khanh Hoa - Functional agencies have just launched a community first aid training program and deployed automatic defibrillation machines.

Rescuing postpartum hemorrhagic shock postpartum patient due to rare strabismus

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Quang Tri - A woman giving birth naturally suddenly suffered from blood loss shock due to placenta previa, and was given timely emergency surgery by doctors.

About 7 million people have been examined and treated with traditional medicine

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In 2025, about 7 million people were examined and treated with traditional medicine - an industry that is being oriented towards building a "national traditional medicine ecosystem".

Nearly 203,000 people in Lang Son receive free health check-ups

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Lang Son - After more than 7 months of implementation, the whole province has only provided periodic health check-ups or free screenings for nearly 203,000 people, reaching 24.73% of the population.

Doctor who created eye-controlled wheelchair wins Ton Duc Thang Award

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Ho Chi Minh City - Doctor Bui Trong Nguyen's initiative started from practical concerns, with responsibility and aspiration to contribute at the workplace.

Free screening for more than 34,000 people in Nhi Long commune

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Vinh Long - Nhi Long commune launches free screening, helping people detect diseases early and proactively take care of their health.

A simultaneous surgery to treat colorectal cancer and uterine disease

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Quang Tri - The hospital has successfully performed laparoscopic surgery to simultaneously treat colorectal cancer and uterine disease for a patient.

More than half a million people come for medical examination and treatment, Lam Dong consolidates health network

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Lam Dong is consolidating the grassroots health network, strengthening doctors and equipment to provide medical examination and treatment in remote and isolated areas and ethnic minority areas.

Hanoi provides free health check-ups for students, discovering many problems with eyes and teeth

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Hanoi - During a health check for students of Chu Van An Secondary School (Thanh Liet ward), doctors discovered many problems with eyes and teeth in children.

Ministry of Health to standardize training for resident doctors and specialists

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The Ministry of Health is completing regulations on training resident doctors and specialist doctors, aiming to standardize capacity and improve the quality of health human resources.