Civil servants will have seven days off for Tet, between February 14 and 20. Medical staff at the hospitals will work shifts so that hospitals have staff on duty 24 hours daily. Medicine and medical equipment are also ready to serve patients during the Tet holiday, the Kinh te do thi (Urban economy) newspaper reported. Photo for illustration. Source: sggp.org.vn A representative of Vietnam – Germany Hospital, a hospital that often treats seriously injured patients, especially traffic accident victims, said the hospital was fully prepared. All head and deputy head of the hospital’s departments were told to stay in Hanoi during the holiday so that they could serve in emergencies, he said. The emergency department’s staff also had to take shifts to be on duty 24 hours daily as normal, he said. The hospital also prepared Tet gifts for patients treated during the holiday. In Bach Mai Hospital, Duong Duc Hung, head of the hospital’s Planning Office said a total of 350 doctors and nurses would be on duty during the holidays to ensure all patients were promptly treated. The hospital has planned to provide free meals and gifts for patients staying at the hospital during Tet, he added. Careful preparation also has been made at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology as well as Hanoi Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The boards of the two hospitals would also be on duty during Tet. Other hospitals, including Thanh Nhan, Dong Da, Ha Dong and Saint Paul, have stored enough medicine… [Read full story]
The Hanoi-based Central Pediatrics Hospital is preparing for the second bone marrow transplant at the end of November. The child patient is Truong Thi Ninh, 15, in Mong Cai district, northern Quang Ninh province and the donor is her younger brother Truong Cao Che, 6 years old. The hospital director, Dr Nguyen Thanh Liem, said the patient's poor family is in dire need of financial support as the surgery may cost up to VND300 million. The first bone marrow transplant for 7-year-old patient Dang Gia Hung had been very successful. The patient was discharged from hospital on October 13, two…... [read more]
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits patients at the Central Eye Hospital (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc has applauded achievements recorded by the Vietnam National Instituteof Ophthalmology (VNIO), known as the Central Eye Hospital, especially the effortsmade by it and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to eradicate trachoma inVietnam.The leader made the appraisal at the centenary celebration of the VNIO, whichwas held at the same time with the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Ophthalmological Society’s 2017 Congress inHanoi on November 24.He also highlighted the hospital’s Vitamin A supplementation programme whichhas been held nationwide with the aim of preventing blindness.…... [read more]
NDO - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on joint efforts from doctors, nurses and staff members of the Central Eye Hospital to improve their healthcare and develop the hospital into an advanced ophthalmological centre in the region.The Government leader made the call at a ceremony held by the Central Eye Hospital in Hanoi, on November 24, to mark its 60th founding anniversary and receive an Independence Order, third class.He congratulated the hospital staff for their significant achievements in preventing and controlling trachoma and Vitamin A deficiency (VAD), which is the leading cause of preventable blindness.He also appreciated the…... [read more]
Gardeners from the southern province of Tien Giang will offer more than 900,000 different bushes and pots of flowers to satisfy customers' demands in the upcoming Tet holiday (Lunar New Year). They have invested millions of dong in new foreign hybrids as well as more traditional flowers, such as daisies, carnations, roses and tulips. According to the growers, because of good weather, flowers are expected to open in time for Tet. Flower prices will increase by 10-15 per cent compared to the same period last year. Lao Dong (The Labour) Work starts on solid waste treatment complex Construction of a…... [read more]
A female high school senior in southern Long An Province claims she’s been reprimanded and had her 'moral score' reduced for publicly denouncing a local hospital on Facebook.
P.T.T. received the punishment from Kien Tuong High School for ‘behavior that hurts the honor and reputation” of doctors and nurses at a local hospital where she had been treated after an accident.
According to T's account, she was taken to Dong Thap Muoi General Hospital in the province's Kien Tuong Town for treatment after an accident.
Dissatisfied with the patient service she received at the hospital, T. took…... [read more]
