• Hospitals pull their socks up

    Hospitals pull their socks up

    14/12/2008 05:00

    Doctors at the Central Acupuncture Hospital treating a patient. Many public hospitals in Hanoi have tried to expand their outpatient treatment services. No more patient stampedes after private hospitals force...

  • Over 80 percent of Vietnamese children suffer tooth decay

    Over 80 percent of Vietnamese children suffer tooth decay

    12/12/2008 05:00

    A child has his teeth examined at a HCMC dental clinic. Experts report that 80-90 percent of Vietnamese children aged six to eight have tooth decay. A recent conference highlighted an alarming rate of dental...

  • Mekong children to receive free facial surgery

    12/12/2008 05:00

    More than 300 children with cleft lip and palate deformities in the Mekong Delta region will receive free surgery from next week thanks to a campaign launched Friday in Ho Chi Minh City. Operation Smile Vietnam (OSV), National Hospital of...

  • Woman retracts complaints of kidney theft after test

    12/12/2008 05:00

    A woman has retracted claims that doctors from a Ho Chi Minh City based obstetrics hospital stole her kidney after tests showed the kidney was not missing only abnormally small. A computed tomography (CT) scan conducted at Hung Vuong...

  • Health ministry sets limit to melamine in food

    Health ministry sets limit to melamine in food

    12/12/2008 05:00

    Melamine tests are conducted at a Hanoi-based laboratory. The Ministry of Health will appoint three agencies to act as arbitrators in case of controversial melamine test results. The maximum allowable amount of...

  • Dengue cases up by 35 percent in HCMC

    Dengue cases up by 35 percent in HCMC

    10/12/2008 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City has so far this year recorded nearly 14,000 cases of dengue fever or a 35 percent year-on-year increase, a senior city health official has said. Dr. Nguyen Dac Tho,...

  • Conjoined twins to be separated before Christmas

    Conjoined twins to be separated before Christmas

    08/12/2008 05:00

    Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi decided Monday to perform separation surgery on conjoined twins on December 22. The twins – Nguyen Van Cu and Nguyen Van Co –...

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