• Vietnam produces 4 percent of world’s IVM babies

    21/12/2008 05:00

    Vietnamese In Vitro Maturation (IVM) babies account for 4 percent of the 1,200 IVM babies internationally, a Ho Chi Minh City medical official said Sunday. Following the success of the Vietnamese IVM program, doctors were invited to report at...

  • Doctors perform heart surgery on premature baby

    21/12/2008 05:00

    Doctors at the Hanoi-based Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics have managed to perform an endoscopic surgery for a heart defect in a premature baby, Director Nguyen Thanh Liem said on Friday. Luu Thanh H., who was born two weeks ago with a...

  • US NGO funds major healthcare upgrade in Hue

    19/12/2008 05:00

    The Atlantic Philanthropies will provide US$8.5 million in nonrefundable aid to improve medical facilities and train staff in central Thua Thien- Hue city Province, under an agreement signed Thursday. The $8.5 million will partly fund a...

  • Southern Vietnam hospitals work to solve patient overload

    Southern Vietnam hospitals work to solve patient overload

    19/12/2008 05:00

    A doctor at HCMC’s Tu Du Maternity Hospital scans a pregnant woman during the usual lunchtime break. Hospitals around Ho Chi Minh City have streamlined admission and billing procedures and extended their...

  • Conjoined twins successfully separated

    Conjoined twins successfully separated

    17/12/2008 05:00

    The three-week-old conjoined twins Nguyen Van Cu and Nguyen Van Co prior to the surgery. They were successfully separated Wednesday at Hanoi’s Central Children Hospital. Doctors from the Hanoi-based Central...

  • Officials to review cancer drug approvals

    Officials to review cancer drug approvals

    17/12/2008 05:00

    Vietnam’s Health Ministry Wednesday launched an investigation into the regulatory approval given to two cervical cancer vaccines. The investigation team, led by Deputy Minister Trinh...

  • Cancer vaccines embroiled in controversy

    16/12/2008 05:00

    Vietnam’s Health Ministry has approved two vaccines against cervical cancer but concerns have risen about their effectiveness. Participants at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday warned against complacency among women getting...

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