Amongst ten outstanding events of the health sectora in 2017, Vietnam continued to make much progress in organ transplantation to save people with fatal illness. For the first time, the Military Hospital 103 and their Japanese counterparts February 21 performed a successful lung transplant on a six year old boy. Next, Vietnamese surgeons carried out ten-hour heart transplant operation on ten year old boy Nguyen Thanh Dat who suffered the last stage of heart disease on March 15 in Viet-Duc ( Vietnam – German) hospital. Leading hospital Cho Ray in Ho Chi Minh City sets eight records cofirmed by the national record association. These records are “The hospital performed first kidney transplant from brain-dead donors in Vietnam”; “The hospital conducted first kidney transplant with donor whose heart stopped beating in Vietnam”; “The hospital performed most kidney transplants in the country”; “The hospital transported donted organs in long distance from South to North to save people”; “The hospital firstly carried out cross-kidney transplantation”. The Ministry of Health considered the incident in kidney dialysis in the general hospital in the northern province of Hoa Binh the most serious event of the year. Eighteen patients May 29 undergoing renal dialysis at a hospital in northern Vietnam suffered a mass anaphylactic shock on Monday, resulting in the death of eight of them. Ten others escaped the death; later, they were transferred to Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi for further treatment. Worse, the Ministry said that in the year, medical workers on duty in some… [Read full story]
Although Vietnam has successfully performed organ transplant operations half a century later than much of the rest of the world, it has now caught up with other countries in this field.Over 4 months since the heart and liver had been transported from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi to transplant for patients with liver and heat failure, Cho Ray Hospital’s Deputy Director Dr. Pham Thi Ngoc Thao said that when the flight with experts took off in Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, surgeons in Cho Ray started to remove liver and heart out of the…... [read more]
A kidney transplant operation is performed at Viet Duc Hospital (Photo: VNA) The figure was released on November 17 during a television broadcastco-organised by the Ministry of Health and Vietnam Television to explainthe need for organ donations to save lives. Cuong said that Vietnam successfully performed more than 1,280 kidneytransplants, as well as liver, heart and bone marrow transplants. But the number of organ transplants carried out over the years was stilltoo little compared to the existing potential of the country’s medicalsector, he said. "In fact, the country’s organ transplant capability has now caught upwith countries that have modern medicine…... [read more]
A kidney transplant operation is performed at Viet Duc Hospital (Photo: VNA) The figure was released on November 17 during a television broadcastco-organised by the Ministry of Health and Vietnam Television to explainthe need for organ donations to save lives. Cuong said that Vietnam successfully performed more than 1,280 kidneytransplants, as well as liver, heart and bone marrow transplants. But the number of organ transplants carried out over the years was stilltoo little compared to the existing potential of the country’s medicalsector, he said. "In fact, the country’s organ transplant capability has now caught upwith countries that have modern medicine…... [read more]
Last year, Vietnamese doctors transplanted a heart and liver taken from a dead person in Ho Chi Minh City to two patients in Hanoi.Vietnam has performed many organ transplants in recent years but this was the first time doctors of the Vietnam-Germany Hospital in Hanoi obtained donated organs from HCM City, the longest organ transportation in Vietnam so far.Professor Trinh Hong Son, the hospital’s deputy director, recalls “we put the organs into a special container of medical solution. But the box was too big for the passengers’ luggage bins. We persuaded the pilot to put it near his seat so…... [read more]
Vietnam ranked third in ASEAN in terms of gender equality index in 2012.National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong confirmed this at a seminar on NA deputies and five-year implementation of the Law on Gender Equality in Hanoi on June 5. Phong said Vietnam is one of countries which early approved the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). In 2006, the Law on Gender Equality was adopted, creating a comprehensive legal framework for gender equality with the main goals and basic principles of gender equality. However, many challenges still remain to be overcome. It…... [read more]
