Farmer dies after getting sunstroke amidst heat wave

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Farmer dies after getting sunstroke amidst heat wave

Two farmers in central Quang Binh Province got sunstroke and one of them has died amidst the broiling heat wave that has been raging in Central Vietnam, local authorities reported.

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Scorching heat drives people to hospitals

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Scorching heat drives people to hospitals

Many children wait to see doctors at a children hospitals in Hanoi. (Photo: SGGP)
The north and central regions of Vietnam are currently reeling under a severe heat wave with temperatures rising upto 39-40 degrees celsius in some places.

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Vietnam presents heathcare insignia to French doctors

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VietnamPlus English 2 day(s) ago

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien on May 16 presented “For the health of the people” insignia to 18 French professors and doctors who have contributed to Vietnam ’s healthcare development.

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Vietnam to expel six unlicensed Chinese “doctors”

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Vietnam to expel six unlicensed Chinese “doctors”

Six Chinese nationals who acted as doctors and operated in Ho Chi Minh City without a work permit or practitioner’s license will be deported, the HCMC Health Department said.

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Hue hospital helps Malaysian surgeons improve skills

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Hue hospital helps Malaysian surgeons improve skills

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Hue hospital helps Malaysian surgeons improve skills

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Hue hospital helps Malaysian surgeons improve skills

The Hue Central Hospital held a training course from May 13-16 to transfer techniques used in colorectal endoscopy to six visiting Malaysian surgeons.

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Journey for community health 2013 to take place nationwide

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Journey for community health 2013 to take place nationwide

The Humane Journey for Community Health 2013 will take place simultaneously in all 63 provinces and cities nationwide on May 19, the Vietnam Youth Federation, one of the co-organisers of the event said on May 15.

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Women hail 'brave' Angelina Jolie's mastectomy revelation

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Women hail 'brave' Angelina Jolie's mastectomy revelation

Health activists, doctors and movie fans hailed glamorous Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie for her decision to reveal that she had had her breasts removed to reduce her cancer risk.

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Child has bowel obstruction after swallowing Chinese beads

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Child has bowel obstruction after swallowing Chinese beads

A three-year-old girl from the coastal province of Binh Thuan was saved from bowel obstruction after a water bead that had been blocking her intestine was successfully removed, doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Nhi Dong 1 Hospital said on Tuesday.

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Medical workers learn to say ‘thank you'

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Medical workers learn to say ‘thank you'

Going to hospitals for health check-ups or treatment has never left me feel comfortable. It is not because I am afraid of getting an injection, but of receiving a dressing-down from doctors.

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Around 100,000 TB cases found yearly in Vietnam

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Vietnam is one of the 12 countries having the highest rate of tuberculosis (TB) patients in the world, with about 100,000 new cases are detected a year, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen.

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Page to keep Google helm despite vocal cord paralysis

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Page to keep Google helm despite vocal cord paralysis

Google co-founder and chief Larry Page disclosed Tuesday that his vocal cords are partially paralyzed but that it will not stop him from running the Internet colossus.

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Rate of incorrect diagnosis is very high

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Rate of incorrect diagnosis is very high

VietNamNet Bridge - More than half of the patients who should be treated at the district level hospitals and more than one third of those only needing treatment at the provincial level hospitals go to central level hospitals for treatment. Approximately 94 percent of patients at the Hanoi-based Central Pediatrics Hospital can be treated at the hospitals of lower levels.

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Doctors save life of newborn baby without anus

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Doctors save life of newborn baby without anus

HCMC doctors consult each other prior to surgery (Photo: SGGP)
The miracle operation conducted on a newborn baby several days ago by physicians of Children Hospital No.2 in Ho Chi Minh City still echoes among the public, with comments of praise for the doctors going viral on websites.

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Doctors found issuing false prescriptions

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Doctors found issuing false prescriptions

Many people are illegally using health insurance cards and colluding with doctors at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to appropriate medicine and sell it to the market, a Tuoi Tre investigation has found.

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