Health
Overcrowded hospitals leave patients out in the cold
Children and their parents wait in the corridors for a room at Ho Chi Minh City’s Children Hospital No.1 Patients have died waiting for a doctor as some hospitals are filled with 10 times more patients than they can handle. Without enough money, doctors or plans, urban hospitals are filled to the brim with... Read more
Liver transplant for Vietnam’s youngest receiver successful
A group of Vietnamese and Belgian doctors have successfully performed a liver transplant on a 10-month-old baby, the youngest beneficiary ever in Vietnam, said a doctor of the operation team Monday. The donor was the mother, Le Thi Van Anh, who has regained consciousness. The baby, named Le Anh Minh Khue, is still on life support but scanning has shown the... Read more
Orphan with facial tumor to consult with US doctors
An 11-year-old Vietnamese orphan with a massive growth on his face has been offered help by US experts after a Canadian hospital said removing the tumor would be too risky. Pham Hoang Son was brought to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in July 2007 by the Ottawa-based Children’s Bridge Foundation.Foundation... Read more
Vietnam launches diabetes awareness project
Among the 4.5 million Vietnamese affected by diabetes, up to 65 percent are unaware they have the disease, heard a press conference held in Hanoi early this week to mark World Diabetes Day. Dr. Ta Van Binh, director of the National Hospital of Endocrinology, released the figures at a ceremony to mark the annual November 14 event.The day was also an occasion... Read more
Ministries unite to develop pharmaceutical industry
The ministries of Health and Industry and Trade have agreed to work together to develop the pharmaceutical chemical industry and to stabilize the domestic market. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the ministries, they will cooperate on several issues relating to drug production and distribution.Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu said... Read more
Vietnam faces growing female shortage
Around three million Vietnamese men will have difficulty finding wives by 2030 due to the rising gender imbalance, health officials told a conference in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday. At the population and family planning conference organized by the Ministry of Health, a report revealed that the current proportion... Read more
Medicine prices surge in HCMC
A drugstore in Ho Chi Minh City. The costs of many medicines have increased by up to 30 percent recently. The price of some medicines have increased by up to 30 percent recently despite the drop in the prices of fuel and other commodities, a recent survey of medicine traders by Thanh Nien in Ho Chi Minh City found. ... Read more
ADB to finance health care project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund a project to improve health care services in Vietnam’s south central coast region, the bank said in a statement. The 32-year project covers Da Nang City and the provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan. The region is home to nine million people, including... Read more
Dengue fever claims 69 lives in southern region
Twenty southern cities and provinces have seen a total of 69 deaths from 58,635 dengue fever cases this year, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute said yesterday. HCMC has seen 11,648 cases, followed by Ca Mau Province with 6,655 and Dong Nai Province with 5,744. Binh Duong Province has seen 10 fatalities, the highest in the country, from a total of 3,916... Read more
Over 9,000 girls to be vaccinated against cervical cancer by 2010
Around 9,200 11-year-old girls in Vietnam will receive a free vaccine to prevent cervical cancer by 2010, a representative from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has said. Under the project sponsored by the non-profit international health organization PATH, girls from several districts in central Thanh Hoa Province and the Mekong... Read more
