Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has asked large hospitals in HCM City to take drastic measures to reduce patient overload by focusing on satellite clinics at district-level hospitals and applying information technology.

Dozens of residents of a mountainous commune in the northern province of Phú Thọ fear they might have contracted HIV after receiving from a local doctor injections that were allegedly contaminated.  

Craniosynostosis, or congenital deformities caused by early fuse of different parts of the skull, are a rare condition that reportedly afflicts six out of 10,000 children in Việt Nam. 

Hospitals and clinics in Việt Nam have started implementing surveillance of nosocomial infections and monitoring the hospital-infection control process, Deputy Minister of Health, Nguyễn Viết Tiến said .

The Department of Health of the south-eastern province of Đồng Nai plans to set up at least one clinic in each district, Long Khánh town and Biên Hòa city to provide methadone substitution treatment for drug addiction.

The HCM City People’s Committee has imposed fines on a number of pharmacies and health clinics for violations of health care regulations.

HCM City has begun construction of new facilities at the city’s Heart Institute on July 24 in an effort to cope with overcrowding.

In Singapore’s worst cyber attack, hackers have stolen the personal particulars of 1.5 million patients. Of these, 160,000 people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and a few ministers, had their outpatient prescriptions stolen as well.

Costs have been cut for 70 healthcare services at hospitals and clinics nationwide following a circular that took effect on Sunday. Patients will now pay anything from 5 to 50 percent less for dozens of services.