A young doctor specialising in pediatrics, Phung Duc Son has volunteered to work at General Hospital of Sop Cop district, the northern mountainous province of Son La. The presence of the young doctor has brought more patients to the hospital. Many patients have traveled tens of kilometres for treatment here. Vu Thi Ca, a local in Sam Kha commune, Sop Cop district, Son La province said doctor Son saved her son from death, therefore now whenever her kid has any health problem she sends him to the hospital, no longer keep her kid at home. “I feel very secure, now whenever my kid’s sick I will take him to hospital and I don’t let him stay at home like before”, said Vi Thi Lan in Muon Va commune, Sop Cop district, Son La province. Previously, many difficult cases had to be transferred to higher-level hospitals, but now such cases can be treated at the hospital. “The number of patients to the hospital has increased remarkably, many people have also heard about medical volunteers coming to poor areas so they come for medical check-ups and treatment”, said doctor Phung Duc Son. Despite being trained as a pediatric doctor, Nguyen Van Hieu has to work as a general practitioner at Muong Nhe district’s medical centre in Dien Bien district. Doctor Hieu said besides pediatric and newborn areas, he also has to carry out other tasks such as internal medicine, care and emergency medicine and infectious diseases and anaesthetic work. Evaluating the effectiveness… [Read full story]
HÀ NỘI — A medical specialist training programme has opened in Hải Phòng City for 19 medical graduates who have volunteered to work in various remote localities in the country. The programme, launched on Monday, will train the young volunteers for two years in seven specialties: internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics, anesthesia, diagnostic medical imaging and infectious diseases at the Hải Phòng University of Medicine and Pharmacy. The graduates were chosen by the Ministry of Health (MoH) based on outstanding academic performances. The training programme is part of a pilot project, started by the ministry in 2013, that sends medical…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge – Unlike many medical graduates who want to work in big cities like Ha Noi, Nguyen Chien Quyet, from the northern province of Hung Yen, chose to work in northern mountainous areas to help the disadvantaged people living there. Doctor Nguyen Chien Quyet (middle) and his colleagues perform endoscopic surgery for Sung Seo Sau, a Mong ethnic people from Bac Ha District’s Nam Mon Commune. — Photo vietnamplus.vn “I just think that it will be difficult for me to wholeheartedly care for people in mountainous regions once I’m married,” he said. Three years ago when he was a…... [read more]
A group of young doctors in Vietnam highlighted the need to do more for at-risk population at a forum entitled "Young physicians volunteering for the community's welfare" held on Monday in Hanoi. In addition to organizing charity work, doctors emphasized the importance of raising public awareness about disease prevention, general healthcare and medicine. "Why don't we also incorporate short-term training courses for local physicians in that consultation trips?" asked Dr. Nguyen Hoai Nam of the Ministry of Public Security's Hospital No. 198. According to Dr. Nguyen Trong Son of Hanoi's Viet-Duc Hospital, even urban-dwellers lack knowledge about common ailments and…... [read more]
A monthly income of US$143 at most plus few opportunities to gain experience, deter fresh medical graduates from working at ward-level public health clinics in Ho Chi Minh City. An astonishing 65 of Ho Chi Minh City’s 322 ward health clinics were without any doctors at the end of 2008 and the others are struggling to keep the doctors they do have. Nguyen Van Chau, director of the HCMC Department of Health, blames the “unreasonable†remuneration chiefly but adds that there are other reasons too. Dr. Phan Thanh Phuoc, director of District 2’s Center for Preventive Medicine, says a fresh…... [read more]
Twenty-two young doctors and surgeons in HCM City were presented yesterday the first Pham Ngoc Thach awards of 2009 for their achievements in medicine and contribution to society. The awarded doctors did not only make outstanding achievements in medical and scientific studies but also voluntarily traveled to remote or flood-stricken areas in the Mekong Delta, central provinces or mountainous areas, and in some cases Laos and Cambodia, to give free treatment or surgery to impoverished patients.Present at the awarding ceremony were Vice Party Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Huynh Thi Nhan, Secretary of HCMC Communist Youth Union Phan Van…... [read more]
