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%.

Offensive pranks online, 2 female interns returned to school

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Duc Giang General Hospital returns 2 female interns to school after they made offensive statements online.

Quang Ninh studies building a new facility for the Provincial General Hospital

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Quang Ninh - Quang Ninh Provincial General Hospital, the new facility is expected to be built in Hoanh Bo ward, located in the northern area of Cua Luc Bay.

Children show many abnormal bruises, parents need to be vigilant

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Bruises on children's hands and feet often worry many parents.

Free congenital heart disease screening for about 2,000 children in Vinh Long

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Vinh Long - About 2,000 children are examined and screened for congenital heart disease for free, helping to detect diseases early for timely treatment and intervention.

Timely activation of red alert, multiple-traumatic patient saved

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Thanks to the timely activation of the red alert procedure, a young man who had a traffic accident was put on the operating table after only about 10 minutes of hospitalization.

Standardizing digestive endoscopy so that patients do not miss golden opportunities

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The distance between healthcare levels makes many patients lose the golden time for early detection of digestive tract cancer, and are not applied digestive endoscopy in time.

Bringing health services to people in revolutionary base areas in Ho Chi Minh City

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Ho Chi Minh City - The medical team of Military Hospital 7A examines and provides health advice to people in 10 communes and wards in the revolutionary base area, contributing to improving community health.

Merging schools, medical staff agree, hope for early stabilization

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After the school merger, many medical staff agreed with the policy and hoped for early stabilization to feel secure in their work.

Bac Nha Trang reviews the list and priority procedures for free health check-ups

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Khanh Hoa - People reflect difficulty in tracing the list of subjects eligible for free health check-ups, Bac Nha Trang ward has requested a review in a scientific direction.

Nghe An Department of Health has repeatedly fined clinics for deceiving customers

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Nghe An - The local Department of Health has inspected and fined Nghe An Medical General Clinic many times before 10 defendants at this facility were prosecuted.

Rescuing a 14-month-old baby boy who was stung by a bee with 20 stings while playing in the park

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Dong Nai Children's Hospital has just successfully saved a 14-month-old baby boy who was stung by a bee with 20 stings while playing in the park.

The epidemic of dengue fever and hand, foot and mouth fever is complicated in Lam Dong

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Lam Dong - Since the beginning of 2026, the whole province has recorded more than 5,300 cases of dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease and 3 deaths. The Provincial People's Committee requests to tighten epidemic prevention and control.

Ministry of Health directs verification of assault on medical staff at Hai Duong General Hospital

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Hai Phong - After the incident of a female nurse at Hai Duong General Hospital being assaulted, the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management requested verification.

Free health check-ups to show gratitude to people with meritorious services to the revolution

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Hanoi - To celebrate the 79th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day, many people with meritorious services, relatives of martyrs and policy beneficiaries have been given free health check-ups.

From organ donation decision to journey to save three patients

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Amidst the pain of losing a loved one, a family's decision to donate organs has opened up opportunities for life and light for three patients.