Businesses, industrial zones and hospitals nationwide have been getting into the Tet (Lunar New Year) spirit and providing free transport to allow workers and patients travel home to spend the holiday with their families.
The number of children admitted to the Hanoi-based National Paediatrics Hospital for disorders following the use of a traditional medicine called "thuoc cam" has increased.
The first hot spell of summer, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, is sending more people, especially children and the elderly to hospital.
Warm, wet weather creates a conducive environment for different kinds of viruses - including the flu - to develop, so people should remain vigilant in order to allow for timely and proper treatment.
The wet weather currently blanketing the country was making it easier
for bacteria to spread, resulting in an increase of respiratory and
digestive diseases, and chicken-pox among children in both northern and
southern areas, according to doctors.
The Ministry of Health is urging all parents to get their children
properly vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis in time, stressing
that the vaccine is being supplied free in all districts across the
country.
Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien on April 4 asked other hospitals
in the capital city and neighbouring provinces to support the National
Hospital of Paediatrics, which has been strained by overcrowding over
the last two months.
About 5 million Vietnamese children have hereditary
diseases caused by gene mutations caused by close marriages. The gene
leads to blood disorders and dwarfism, according to the hospital.
Heath Minister Nguyen Thi
Kim Tien has affirmed that a project on building satellite hospitals,
designated to ease hospital overcrowding, is one of the key tasks for
the health sector.
On the occasion of the Action Month for Children, Vice President Nguyen
Thi Doan visited and presented gifts to 157 child patients under
treatment at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion
(NIHBT) on May 28.
Paediatrics Hospital No 1 in Ho Chi Minh City has become the first
hospital in the country to successfully apply the techniques of reducing
body temperature to cure a choking newborn.
Overloaded central hospitals have been asked to stop illegal brokers
assisting patients to jump the queue for examinations and treatment in
exchange for cash payments.
The State of Vietnam has encouraged the Catholic Church in the
country to actively and effectively participate in the economic and
social development of the nation.
