Posts Tagged ‘ Nurses ’

Hanoi hospital hands baby to wrong mother 

January 12, 2012
Hanoi hospital hands baby to wrong mother 

Tran Thi Thuy's baby with his grandma at home after a baby delivery mistake at Hanoi Ob-Gyn Hospital was cleared   Hanoi Ob-Gyn Hospital on Saturday gave the wrong baby to a mother several hours after her delivery. Nurses at the hospital gave the baby of Tran Thi Thuy, tagged with the number 550, to Le [...]

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Unhealthy relationship 

August 28, 2011
Unhealthy relationship 

An undated file photo of a patient being treated in the emergency room. When his brother was pronounced dead after an hour of treatment in the emergency room, 18-year-old Nguyen Van Dung went berserk and made good on a threat he’d made earlier. He took a knife and stabbed two doctors, one of them to [...]

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Bedside manners matter 

July 9, 2011
Bedside manners matter 

Patients surround a health worker to ask for examination instructions at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien last week reported that, every year, Vietnamese citizens spend up to US$1 billion on treatment at hospitals in Singapore. Tien noted that while foreign medical expertise is not significantly [...]

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Procedure helps clubfoot children walk again

December 19, 2009
Procedure helps clubfoot children walk again

A group of doctors from the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics have instituted a new project that uses modern technology to treat children with clubfoot.   The boy’s leg before being treated.VietNamNet Bridge – A group of doctors from the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics have instituted a new project that uses modern [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 6/12

December 6, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 6/12

Remains of 36 soldiers reburied in central Vietnam; Flood tides cause havoc in HCM City; Japanese knowhow to halve road fixing times; Phu Tho student killed by police traffic car Remains of 36 soldiers reburied in central Vietnam      The central province of Quang Ngai on Friday buried the remains of 36 soldiers who died [...]

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Health clinics lack adequate funds, staff

June 5, 2009
Health clinics lack adequate funds, staff

LookAtVietnam – Health clinics in HCM City’s wards and communes have been suffering from a shortage of funds over the last several years, according to local officials. Patients endure cramped conditions at Phu Yen hospital. A lack of funds has led to over-crowding at many hospitals and clinics in HCM City.In the 50sq.m medical clinic [...]

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More elderly opt for luxury nursing homes

March 23, 2009
More elderly opt for luxury nursing homes

LookAtVietnam – Seventy-five-year-old Nguyen Dong Thieu of Ha Noi’s Hai Ba Trung District says he is choosing to live in a nursing home because he has been very lonely at home alone since his wife died two years ago. The good life: On-the-spot medical care is given to the elderly at the Tu Liem Nursing [...]

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Call to boost grassroots health care

February 27, 2009
Call to boost grassroots health care

LookAtVietnam – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan yesterday urged the health sector to effectively carry out a project on planning health checkups and treatment networks nationwide. Doctors and nurses at the Malaria Prevention Centre in the central Quang Ngai Province carry out blood tests for Hre ethnic minority people.Speaking at the meeting of nearly [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...