VietNamNet Bridge – Due to increased numbers of children dying of heart disease, the Pediatrics Hospital No.1’s leaders have been determined to build an examination room for treatment of infant patients with open-heart surgery since 2005.

A doctor is examining of a kid’s heart at the Department of Heart.

The management board provided the room with state-of-the-art machinery and special medical equipment for preparation of operation for neonate; the clinic is looking forward with continued success for treatment of new born babies by 2010.

In addition, more departments of infection and treatment for babies have been launched in a bid to decrease the number of infant mortality rate from 13-14 per cent to 3-4 per cent. Thousand of kids are saved and babies with defection are under control and receive timely cure.

It could be said that the Pediatrics Hospital No.1 had contributed much more achievements to the city health sector’s accomplishments. The hospital also becomes the first in the country to identify the cause of hand-foot- and mouth disease and the Ministry of Health is using the proposed treatment of the hospital in clinics nationwide.

(Source: SGGP)