HEALTH
Friday, May 24,2013, Posted at 12:30 (GMT+7)
Viscera transplant operations at nighttime end in success
Doctors at Viet-German Hospital in Hanoi were successful in conducting three simultaneous kidney and liver transplant operations on the night of May 21, thus giving a renewed life to three people suffering from life threatening diseases, said Dr. Nguyen Tien Quyet, director of the hospital.
Vietnam deliberating on surrogate births
Monday, May 20,2013, Posted at 14:03 (GMT+7)
Even as the demand for surrogate births is increasing the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice remain undecided on whether to allow such births under the law.
City launches program for medical workers to offer free services
Monday, May 20,2013, Posted at 13:54 (GMT+7)
Thousands of young medical workers offered free services on May 19 under a program launched by the Communist Youth Union and the Vietnam Association of Young Physicians in Ho Chi Minh City.
Fear of cervical cancer high among Vietnamese women
Sunday, May 19,2013, Posted at 13:55 (GMT+7)
At a seminar hosted by Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd in Phan Thiet City in the central province of Binh Thuan from May 17-19, the medical fraternity claimed that nine out of every 26 women infected with cervical cancer eventually succumb to the disease each day.
City leader visits worker undergoing heart surgery
Saturday, May 18,2013, Posted at 13:25 (GMT+7)
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee in Ho Chi Minh City, on May 17 dropped by Tam Duc Heart Institute to meet a worker who is preparing to undergo a heart operation that has been funded by a heart surgery program launched by the HCMC Labor Union.
Scorching heat drives people to hospitals
Friday, May 17,2013, Posted at 14:38 (GMT+7)
The north and central regions of Vietnam are currently reeling under a severe heat wave with temperatures rising upto 39-40 degrees celsius in some places.
Vietnam, Japan mark 40 years co-operation in health sector
Thursday, May 16,2013, Posted at 12:47 (GMT+7)
The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health co-organized a forum in Hanoi on May 15 to mark 40 years of bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in the health sector.
Other news
Hanoi authorities lay off nurse for pilfering vaccines
Doctors save life of newborn baby without anus
Quinvaxem vaccine from Korea lifted after severe allergy cases
Many provinces hike hospital fee
No dangerous chemicals found in Chinese ginger
Health Watchdog succeeds in curbing Avian Flu
Grave threat of infection from Multiple Influenza Types
Bronchial asthma on the rise in Vietnam
Flu patients on the rise across country