Tag: patients

Young, elderly patients take ill because of northern cold snap

VietNamNet Bridge - The chill weather in the north is sending people to hospitals in droves in Hanoi, especially children and the elderly. The cold weather has sent children to hospitals. VietNamNet Bridge - The chill weather in the north is sending people to hospitals in droves in Ha Noi, especially children and the elderly. At the National Pediatrics Hospital,... Read more

Patients sick of health care services

VietNamNet Bridge – Research in HCM City this year revealed that local residents’ satisfaction with health care services fell by one grade compared to 2006. Of 1,194 questionnaires, 495 said they were dissatisfied or remained neutral about hospital services. State-owned hospitals are always crowded.VietNamNet Bridge – Research in HCM City this... Read more

Chinese group helps bring light to 20,000 cataract patients

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Eye Hospital, with assistance of China ’s Mega Group, has conducted cataract surgery for more than 20,000 patients over the last 10 years. In 1998, Mega experts transferred the Phaco technique, the latest in cataract surgery at the time, to the Hanoi Eye Hospital.A meeting to mark 10 years of cooperation between the... Read more

Hanoi has 17,200 HIV/AIDS patients

VietNamNet Bridge – The Director of the Hanoi Health Department, Le Anh Tuan, said there are 17,200 HIV/AIDS patients in Hanoi, of which 4,786 developed into AIDS and 2,837 died of AIDS. VietNamNet Bridge – The Director of the Hanoi Health Department, Le Anh Tuan, said there are 17,200 HIV/AIDS patients in Hanoi, of which 4,786 developed into AIDS... Read more

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

HCM City hospitals overrun with dengue patients

VietNamNet Bridge – Dengue fever is breaking out in HCM City and southern provinces. Many hospitals in the city are overloaded with patients. HCM City-based Children’s Hospital 1 is also overloaded. HCM City still takes the lead for the number of dengue fever patients, with more than 11,000 by the end of October. This figure is nearly equal to... Read more

Mentally ill patients face discrimination

VietNamNet Bridge – Mental healthcare, though considered a big medical problem of the 21st century, has not received much attention in Viet Nam despite efforts from the Government to raise awareness. Doctor at Mai Huong Daycare Psychiatric Hospital in Ha Noi uses electroencephalogram to check for mental disorder for a patient.As the world turns its attention... Read more

Poor hospital facilities drive patients abroad

VietNamNet Bridge – While the competence of Vietnamese doctors is similar to that of regional countries, hospital equipment is considered to be far below par, sending Vietnamese abroad to spend hundreds millions of US dollars each year on treatment. Dong Da Electronics Company now supplies high-tech medical equipment to hospitals and health centres in the... Read more

Breast cancer patients may have intense radiation

Intense radiation therapy of three weeks after surgery for early breast cancer patients cures the disease just as well as standard radiation of five weeks, according to a study as quoted by media reports Tuesday.(File Photo)The study results suggest that breast cancer patients could elect treatment for a shorter period and get back to their normal life more quickly,... Read more