Five special-grade hospitals in Vietnam will be upgraded to modern hospitals with healthcare services meeting international standards under a proposal by the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The HCM City Children’s Hospital No2 said a patient diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was the first such case found in children in Vietnam. There are only 30 children who have been diagnosed with the problem worldwide.

Associate Professor Dr Vu Quang Vinh has performed thousands of surgeries, transforming hundreds of lives thanks to the most advanced surgical techniques.

A baby boy, born at 25 weeks gestation, weighing 600 grams, with necrotizing enterocolitis and intestinal stenosis, was saved by doctors of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.

The number of diabetes cases in Vietnam accounts for about 6% of the population (people from 20 to 79 years old), ranking 141st in the world.

Vietnam has recorded as many as 8,995 cases of hand, foot and mouth (HFM) disease since the beginning of the year, including three fatalities recorded in Dak Lak, Kien Giang, and Long An provinces, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH).

In its yesterday’s official dispatch to people's committees of provinces and cities on organizing the implementation of the 2023 epidemic prevention plan, the Ministry of Health warned of possible outbreaks of dangerous diseases.

After radiotherapy machines of Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City broke down in the last year, cancer patients have had to queue up until midnight for radiation therapy.

HCM City plans to provide free annual health checks to its populace as part of efforts to reduce people’s medical costs and improve their quality of life.

Figures from the Ministry of Health estimate that around 9,680 medical workers have quit their jobs in the first six months of this year. Of them, 2,874 are nurses.

Saving the lives of COVID-19 patients, particularly those who are pregnant, has been the invaluable gift of thousands of medical workers who have been working day and night across the country.