HCM City improves quality of health care over last 5 years

HCM City has reached its goal to have 20 doctors per 10,000 people after implementation of a five-year programme on improving the quality of health care services for local residents.

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Việt Nam’s health sector in 2019: achievements and drawbacks Last year witnessed significant achievements in Việt Nam’s healthcare sector, bringing hope for more patients. However, severe medical incidents raised the alarm of poor management that needed to be improved to ensure every citizen can live a healthy and happy life.

VN to have American-standard cardiovascular treatment model for the first time Beginning this month, Vinmec Central Park International Hospital in HCM City has applied a comprehensive cardiovascular treatment model, which enables early diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment.

Hospital performs open-heart surgery on baby weighing only 1,600 grammes

Doctors at Paediatrics Hospital 1 in HCM City have performed open heart surgery on a prematurely born baby weighing only 1,600 grammes.

Vĩnh Long Province gets hi-tech hospital

Xuyên Á General Hospital on Saturday opened a branch in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long that provides affordable high-tech healthcare services to residents.

                                       

City Paediatrics Hospital opens in HCM City’s Bình Chánh District

The City Paediatrics Hospital in HCM City’s Bình Chánh District on June 1 officially opened after four years of construction.

 

Women experience high risk of cardiac myxoma

The incident rate of cardiac myxoma is from 0.2 to 0.3 per 1000 people. Meanwhile, symptoms of the disease are commonly vague, even the first symptom can be a stroke which may lead to death.

Satellite hospitals save lives in remote areas

Historically, the mostly publicly financed health care system in Việt Nam has only been able to afford to pour resources into a handful of central level hospitals in big cities, forcing patients living in remote areas with serious diseases to go to Hà Nội or HCM City for treatment.

Watching a 3D movie save a life

A new 3D supporting machine system has made surgeons' work less complicated, Thu Vân reports.