Health

Heavy workload, scant reward drive medical malpractice: seminar
21/07/2009 05:00
Work overload and unfair remuneration have been highlighted as major factors in rising unethical practices among doctors and medical workers in the country. Addressing a seminar held in...
Vietnam confirms community-level swine flu outbreak
20/07/2009 05:00
Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu visits a student quarantined at the Ngo Thoi Nhiem High School in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamâs health minister confirmed Monday the spread of influenza A (H1N1) had expanded...
HCMC closes high school with 21 H1N1 cases
19/07/2009 05:00
Local people wear masks during a training session given by Thai officials on how to make hygienic hand sanitizing gels from alcohol and chemicals for their families at a school in Bangkok on July 16. Ho Chi...
Blue ear disease reemerges in central province
19/07/2009 05:00
At least 343 pigs have been found carrying the lelystad virus, the agent causing the porcine epidemic known as blue ear disease, over the past five days, the central province of Quang Nam has reported....
Vietnam increases hospital support amid H1N1 patient overload
18/07/2009 05:00
A man walks past a poster displaying a warning about the A(H1N1) flu in Hong Kong The Ministry of Health announced yesterday it would triple the daily bonuses for health staff dealing directly with H1N1 after...
Google Health to safeguard âend-of-lifeâ wishes
17/07/2009 05:00
Google on Thursday invited people to store “end-of-life” wishes at its free online health records management service. Google Health made available “advance directive” forms on...
Seven more H1N1 cases detected in Vietnam
17/07/2009 05:00
Local people wear masks during a training session given by Thai officials on how to make hygienic hand sanitizing gels from alcohol and chemicals for their families at a school in Bangkok on July 16....