Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on August 4 asked the health sector and all-level authorities to concentrate on high-risk areas during the fight against COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health has ordered hospitals across the country to prepare for new patients and maintain good services for inpatients during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The Investigation Police Agency of Hoa Binh province on July 2 launched legal proceedings against a leader and a former employee of Hoa Binh General Hospital for their involvement in the medical incident leaving eight patients dead at the kidney dialysis division.
The trial panel on the medical incident causing eight deaths at the kidney dialysis division of the Hoa Binh General Hospital in 2017 returned the file on the case on June 5, and asked relevant authorities to carry out additional investigations.
Seven young doctors from the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics and Bach Mai Hospital have been dispatched to work in impoverished districts in the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Bac Kan, Son La and Dien Bien.
Many patients with severe kidney disease living in cities in the south often have to travel to HCM City for medical treatment, but with another kind of dialysis method now available in Vietnam.
Bach Mai, a major hospital in Hanoi, held a public meeting on March
12 as part of efforts to raise local awareness on kidney failure and
mobilise community support for patients.
Can Tho general hospital in Can Tho city has put 25 new artificial kidney machines into operation, serving the demands of people in the Mekong Delta region.
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