January 18, 2012
New lease on life – a Vietnamese man with a 198-lb tumor, a woman with tumors all over the body and another with several covering half her face look forward to bright futures Doctor McKay McKinnon (L) visited Nguyen Duy Hai, 32, on January 8, three days after his 82-kilogram tumor was successfully removed [...]
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December 12, 2011
A Hanoi surgeon removes a clot and fluid that had formed around a man's heart for nearly 20 years after he was butted by a buffalo at age 2 . A 21-year-old man in north central Vietnam has been living with pain for almost 20 years because his heart was damaged in a buffalo attack. [...]
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July 14, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Regina Benjamin, a family physician from Alabama, to be the next surgeon general, the country’s top physician. U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hand with Alabama doctor Regina Benjamin (R) after announcing she will be the new U.S. Surgeon General while in the Rose Garden of the White House [...]
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November 25, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge – Paediatrics has been an area of medicine slow to develop in Vietnam, but thanks to the efforts of one man and his collegues, hundreds of sick children can look forward to a healthy future. Dr Nguyen Thanh Liem (centre)operates on a child with intestinal problem. VietNamNet Bridge – Paediatrics has been an [...]
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