• Glue sniffing on rise amongst HCMC youth

    Glue sniffing on rise amongst HCMC youth

    05/12/2008 05:00

    Glue sniffing appears to be an alarming new trend amongst many Ho Chi Minh City youth looking for a cheap high. Teens report “ecstatic” feelings after inhaling the fumes from...

  • Doctors didn’t steal kidney, says hospital

    04/12/2008 05:00

    A southern metro-based obstetrics hospital has denied a patient’s allegations that doctors took out her kidney during an ovarian tumor surgery, according to a press conference held on Wednesday. “We confirm that with an ovarian tumor...

  • HCMC doctors remove huge tumor from four-day-old infant

    HCMC doctors remove huge tumor from four-day-old infant

    03/12/2008 05:00

    A newborn weighing 5.8 kilograms had a 2.5-kilogram tumor removed at Children Hospital No. 2 in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday evening. The son of Nguyen Thi T. from southern Kien Giang...

  • World AIDS day parade in Hanoi

    30/11/2008 05:00

    More than 3,500 people Sunday attended a meeting and a parade in Hanoi to mark 2008 World AIDS Day on December 1. The Ministry of Health said more than 41,400 AIDS patients, 83 percent of whom are between 20 and 39 years old, have died since...

  • PM sees red over ‘toxic fruit’ media scare

    29/11/2008 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Friday ordered the Ministry of Information and Communications to throw the book at those responsible for a newspaper article that said a quarter of imported fruits have toxic residues. The story first...

  • Over 17,000 Hanoians living with HIV/AIDS

    28/11/2008 05:00

    Some 12,414 HIV patients and 4,786 AIDS patients are living in Hanoi, the capital’s Health Department Director Le Anh Tuan has said. Drug-related cases accounted for more than 70 percent of the reported patients, he said. Nearly 90 percent...

  • HCMC centers agree to new radiation rules

    HCMC centers agree to new radiation rules

    28/11/2008 05:00

    A health worker uses a scanning machine at the scanning department of Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City The 52 X-ray centers, hospitals and research centers in Ho Chi Minh City that use radioactive material...

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