• Sweltering heat inflames more young brains

    Sweltering heat inflames more young brains

    06/03/2009 05:00

    A doctor at HCMC Children’s Hospital No. 2 examines a meningitis patient. The hot weather in southern Vietnam has caused more children to catch meningitis, or brain inflammation, but few parents know enough...

  • 50 primary school students suffer fluoride poisoning

    06/03/2009 05:00

    About 50 pupils in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau were rushed to Long Dien District hospital for emergency care Friday morning for fluoride poisoning. The pupils of Tam Phuoc Primary School in the district’s Tam Phuoc Commune...

  • Northern cold air pushes hot pressure system south

    05/03/2009 05:00

    Northern Vietnam is experiencing a cold spell, of less than 10 degrees Celsius, while people in the south complain of heat. Le Thi Xuan Lan, deputy head of the Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center’s Forecasting Department, said...

  • Aging hospitals hindered by aging decision

    Aging hospitals hindered by aging decision

    05/03/2009 05:00

    Operating rooms at Children’s Hospital No. 2 are overloaded by some 40 patients a day. Overcrowded inner city hospitals have not been renovated, thanks to a 2007 Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee...

  • Vietnam beefs up vigilance as second bird flu death confirmed

    Vietnam beefs up vigilance as second bird flu death confirmed

    04/03/2009 05:00

    A duck being inoculated in Can Tho City. The government has voiced concern over inflated reports about vaccination for poultry from several provinces, fearing it could derail the fight against bird flu. The...

  • Dangerous bacteria found in bottled water, three plants closed

    Dangerous bacteria found in bottled water, three plants closed

    03/03/2009 05:00

    Jugs of Aquaphar bottled water produced by the Tam Dang Company in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 were sealed Tuesday after health inspectors found the product was contaminated with dangerous bacteria....

  • Half of HCMC pharmacies could be shut down by 2011

    03/03/2009 05:00

    Half of Ho Chi Minh City’s 3,356 drugstores may be closed by 2011 for failing to meet Health Ministry standards, said a local official. According to a November 2007 decision by the ministry, any drugstore that does not meet Good Pharmacy...

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