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Hospitals in HCM City face overcrowding

The Department of Health of HCM City has proposed to the People's Committee of HCM City to build new hospitals to improve medical examination and treatment facilities and reduce overcrowding at some hospitals in the city.

Hanoi's relocation of universities, hospitals, industrial establishment still slow

Relocating universities, hospitals, and polluted production facilities to reduce population pressure on the central areas of Hanoi is an important goal of the six residential planning projects in four core inner-city districts.

Public reluctant to go to hospitals because of Covid-19

Many ill people in Danang are arriving at hospital too late due to fears of Covid-19.

Hospitals struggling for autonomy

Adding to the challenges brought forward last year, a lack of hospital fee increases in 2021 could put top-tier public hospitals in a war of nerves as they attempt to obtain autonomy.

E-medical records’ data to be connected among hospitals from July 1

Electronic medical record data will be connected among hospitals and health facilities across the country from July 1.

HCMC Hospitals report increase in heat-related illnesses

HCM City and other localities in the south have recorded temperatures of 38-39 degrees Celsius in recent days, leading to more heat-related illnesses, especially among children and the elderly.

Frontline doctors in Covid-19 combat

National Hospital of Tropical Diseases No. 2 in Dong Anh district in Hanoi is home to the largest number of COVID-19 patients.

30 more COVID-19 patients in Vietnam successfully treated

Three COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City have fully recovered, said the hospital specialising in the acute respiratory disease in the city’s Cu Chi district on March 30.

Creative hospital staff pitch in with innovations in Covid-19 fight

Medical staff at many hospitals around the country have been creative in fabricating automatic devices as they take care of an increasing number of COVID-19 patients.

 

Hanoi to pilot electric bike sharing system

The Hanoi People’s Committee has agreed with the municipal Department of Planning and Investment’s proposal to pilot an electric bike sharing system in Hoan Kiem district.

Quarantine – top solution to prevent COVID-19: Hanoi leader

Quarantine is still the top solution to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the COVID-19, according to Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue.

A day of doctors and employees at National Hospital of Tropical Diseases

These days, doctors, nurses and employees at Facility no.2 of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Kim Chung Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi, are accompanying with patients to fight against COVID-19.

Blood banks in Vietnam getting restocked after the critical shortage

Amid the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, now officially named COVID-19, calls for blood donation have been heard nationwide as hospitals face severe blood shortages.

Use of DNA tests should be limited to special cases

After seeing several advertisements in Thailand, a woman from HCM City's District 2 began looking for information about health centres that offer genetic tests that predict the likelihood of cancer.

 

Hospitals create a joyous Tet for patients

Many hospitals in HCM City are carrying out programmes to help their patients enjoy the Lunar New Year season, or Tet, which falls on January 25.

Liver and kidney transplant operation for Laotian patient performed in Hanoi

Doctors at the Vietnam-Germany Hospital have successfully transplanted a liver and kidney for a Laotian man.

 

More children hospitalised for seasonal flu

The Vietnam National Hospital of Paediatrics in Hanoi has seen a sharp rise of children who suffer from flu since the middle of November.

 

VN hospitals use new techniques, medicine for cancer treatment

Oncology hospitals and centres are using new techniques and medicine for cancer treatment amid a rise in cancer incidences in the country, Dr Pham Xuan Dung, head of the HCM City Oncology Hospital, said.

VN ensures every citizen’s right to be protected and access to healthcare

The health sector’s concern for many years is to basically solve the overcrowding of medical examination and treatment at some central-level hospitals by 2020.

 

Vietnam sets out roadmap to make hospitals smart

The Ministry of Health has unveiled a roadmap for digitising patients’ records at hospitals and setting up smart hospitals, a conference heard in HCM City on Wednesday.