Posts Tagged ‘ The hospital ’

US surgeon pulls off incredible feat 

January 18, 2012
US surgeon pulls off incredible feat 

  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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Contagious brain inflammation infects one in Vietnam 

January 17, 2012
Contagious brain inflammation infects one in Vietnam 

A patient at the Vietnam Central Tropical Diseases Hospital with a contagious brain inflammation condition. A patient in northern Vietnam was Friday confirmed to have a contagious brain inflammation that could be fatal. At least five such cases have been reported in Ho Chi Minh City since December last year. The 21-year-old woman, identified as T.T.T., tested [...]

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Doctors warn of contagious brain inflammation in Vietnam metro 

January 16, 2012
Doctors warn of contagious brain inflammation in Vietnam metro 

A patient with fatal brain inflammation in HCMC   Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have warned of the outbreak of a fatal type of encephalitis that has affected five co-workers. The disease was caused by Neisseria, a large genus of commensal bacteria that colonize in the mucosal surfaces of many animals, and quickly kill the [...]

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Vietnamese man stable after giant tumor removed 

January 14, 2012
Vietnamese man stable after giant tumor removed 

Nguyen Duy Hai at FV Hospital after his 82-kilo tumor was remove. The man whose 82-kilo tumor was removed last week is now stable, doctors at FV Hospital said. Nguyen Duy Hai was moved out of his intensive care room on Wednesday afternoon, six days after the headline-grabbing operation led by renown US plastic surgeon [...]

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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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Patient with no kidney put on dialysis  

December 19, 2011
Patient with no kidney put on dialysis  

Hua Cam Tu, a 37-year-old woman who had both her kidneys removed by doctors without her permission, is being treated at the Can Tho General Hospital. A Mekong Delta hospital said Thursday it would provide free dialysis treatment to a patient whose health is getting worse after doctors removed both two kidneys without her consent, the Nguoi [...]

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Experts warn of earlier absence of libido in Vietnam 

December 16, 2011
Experts warn of earlier absence of libido in Vietnam 

Lack of exercises is a reason for early libido absence in Vietnam   Gender health experts warned about the absence of sexual desire among Vietnamese youths due to an increase in physiological diseases. Doctor Tran Quan Anh, chairman of Vietnam Gender Medicine Association, said at a recent sexual health conference in Ho Chi Minh City [...]

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Vietnamese burned while on phone at gas station 

December 3, 2011
Vietnamese burned while on phone at gas station 

A woman (1, L) talks on her cell phone at a gas station in Ho Chi Minh City. A man in Hanoi has been sent to the hospital with severe burns after talking on his cell phone at a gas station.   Vu Trong Khanh, 34, was still being treated at Saint Paul Hospital on [...]

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Neglect, ignorance raise HCV infection in Vietnam 

November 26, 2011
Neglect, ignorance raise HCV infection in Vietnam 

Most people in Vietnam are reluctant to have a blood test for Hepatitis C, as they underestimate the harm of the disease. The number of Hepatitis C patients in Vietnam is increasing, and around half a million people are estimated to develop cirrhosis and liver cancer this year, experts said at a recent seminar.   [...]

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Violence prone 

November 21, 2011
Violence prone 

  Emergency rooms in HCMC hospitals are witnessing a massive increase in the number of people wounded in intoxicated brawls Patients being treated at the emergency ward of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital. Doctors say there has been an alarming increase in cases of people wounded in fights being admitted to the hospitals. [...]

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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...