Vietnamplus

The number of people suffering from kidney problems was increasing in Vietnam, and kidney failure had begun to harm more and more young people, doctors have said.

An expert has recommended people take regular check-ups to detect kidney-related diseases as an estimated 5 million people in Vietnam suffer from kidney issues, and the number rises by about 8,000 each year.

A high-tech hemodialysis centre was put into operation in Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City on August 10.

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.

Binh Dan Hospital, the first hospital in the country to offer dialysis, has opened a nephrology and hemodialysis ward to meet the treatment demand of patients with chronic kidney disease.