Health

HCMC family claims hospital negligence paralyzed their child
22/01/2010 05:00
Nguyen Hoang An Khoa (L) and his mother An Thi Phuong at Childrenâs Hospital No.1 in Ho Chi Minh City Parents have accused a Ho Chi Minh City hospital of carelessness after their child was left...
PÃ¢tÃ© sandwiches leave hundreds sick in Binh Thuan
22/01/2010 05:00
More than 200 people were rushed to the hospital with severe cooking poisoning after eating homemade pÃ¢tÃ© sandwiches at two local shops in Binh Thuan Province, the local health department has said. Binh Thuan authorities forced local...
Toxic dye found in melon seeds, chili powder nationwide
21/01/2010 05:00
At least 80 percent of melon seeds and chili powder samples taken across Vietnam have tested positive for Rhodamine B, a harmful dye suspected of being carcinogenic, an cooking analysis expert said Monday....
WHO denies flu pandemic was fake
20/01/2010 05:00
The World Health Organization has denied claims that swine flu was a fake pandemic in its latest communication to Vietnam, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday. However, the UN agency...
Vietnam C-sections rank second in Asia, WHO finds
17/01/2010 05:00
More than one third of all births in Vietnam are delivered by caesarean section, the second highest rate among nine countries surveyed by the World Health Organization (WHO). A study...
HCMC traditional clinic stopped from fueling fake pregnancy
17/01/2010 05:00
Health inspectors in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday closed a traditional medicine clinic for selling drugs that allegedly caused womenâs bellies to swell as if they were pregnant....
SEAsia to crack down on poultry smuggling to fight H5N1
16/01/2010 05:00
Disease experts in Southeast Asia will map out key poultry smuggling routes, especially along Cambodia’s long border with Thailand and Vietnam, in a move to prevent the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus in...