On February 27, 1955, President Ho Chi Minh delivered a letter to a conference of medical staff, praising their considerable efforts in saving the lives of many people. Since then, February 27 has become the traditional day of the health sector, a day for all of society to express their respect and gratitude towards the “white coat” soldiers.
Additional measles - rubella vaccine shots are administered at schools in Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
The Cardiovascular Centre at the Can Tho Central General Hospital successfully operates on and saves the life of a patient with three-vessel coronary artery disease and a rare blood type, by applying autologous blood transfusion techniques (November 2020). (Photo: VNA)
Health workers in Ho Bon commune, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province, guide people on how to protect themselves from disease during the changing seasons. (Photo: VNA)
Emergency transportation of a patient by helicopter from Truong Sa Island to Military Medical Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)
To quickly administer the COVID-19 vaccination programme nationwide to limit the spread of the pandemic, district-level health centres in Hanoi strengthen their efforts, especially for the 3rd and 4th doses (August 2022). (Photo: VNA)
Doctors at the Thu Duc District Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City successfully perform a coronary artery bypass on a 60-year-old patient, without using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (September 2020). This was one of the most advanced heart surgeries and normally only performed at large hospitals. (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 24 asked the healthcare sector to develop a fair, high quality, effective and internationally integrated medical system, with the growth of both State-owned and private medical systems and the modern and traditional medicine.
The press circle in general and key press agencies in particularly always accompany the health sector, heard a meeting held in Hanoi on February 24 on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, has urged medical stations to place the task of caring for people’s health above others.