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Sperm donations allow women to embrace single motherhood

Sperm donations allow women to embrace single motherhood

Duong Thanh Xuan, 36, of central Khanh Hoa Province chose not to marry but wanted to become a mother, leading her to pursue in vitro fertilization using donated sperm.
Women shoulder disproportionate burden of contraception

Women shoulder disproportionate burden of contraception

Vietnamese doctors successfully treat Indonesian surgeon with rectal cancer

Vietnamese doctors successfully treat Indonesian surgeon with rectal cancer

US agency in tie-up with Hanoi hospital to improve stroke care

US agency in tie-up with Hanoi hospital to improve stroke care

The United States Mission to Vietnam has said it will provide training and technical support for the stroke center at Bach Mai Hospital, northern Vietnam's largest medical facility.
January 16, 2024 | 07:43 pm PT
Hanoi hospital completes eight organ transplants in 24 hours

Hanoi hospital completes eight organ transplants in 24 hours

About 100 doctors at Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi performed two major organ transplant surgeries in 24 hours straight, using two brain-dead donors to save eight patients.
January 10, 2024 | 03:40 pm PT
Australian girl treated in Vietnam with surgical technique available in only two countries

Australian girl treated in Vietnam with surgical technique available in only two countries

Learning that their daughter had a bile duct cyst, an Australian couple took her to Vietnam for a single port laparoscopy, a technique available only in Vietnam and China.
December 8, 2023 | 10:00 pm PT
Vietnam hospital wins first prize at ASEAN colorectal surgeon competition

Vietnam hospital wins first prize at ASEAN colorectal surgeon competition

The Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue won the first prize at the recent colorectal surgeon competition through videos held by the ASEAN Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCS) in Bangkok.
October 29, 2023 | 11:37 pm PT
Vietnam needs clearer policies for private healthcare

Vietnam needs clearer policies for private healthcare

After his father passed away from colon cancer, an often curable cancer if detected early, Tuan quickly scheduled virtual colonoscopies and stomach scans for himself and his elderly mother.
September 10, 2023 | 04:00 pm PT
$72M Mekong Delta hospital frozen in time

$72M Mekong Delta hospital frozen in time

The Can Tho Oncology Hospital, planned to be built with 500 beds at a cost of VND1.7 trillion (US$72 million), has remained in limbo for years.
July 15, 2023 | 06:17 pm PT
Government untangles the medical supplies crisis

Government untangles the medical supplies crisis

Vietnam government has eased some regulations on hospitals' equipment purchase to help resolve the shortage of supplies which is plaguing the health industry.
March 5, 2023 | 04:00 am PT
Vietnam performs first heart-kidney transplant

Vietnam performs first heart-kidney transplant

Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi successfully performed the first heart and kidney transplant on one patient in Vietnam this month, the hospital announced Friday.
February 25, 2023 | 02:26 am PT
Boy drinks medicine to treat drug addiction, gets poisoned

Boy drinks medicine to treat drug addiction, gets poisoned

A 7-year-old boy in Ho Chi Minh City has been hospitalized after he mistakenly drank his uncle's cup of water with methadone, a medication used for treating drug addiction.
November 21, 2022 | 02:33 am PT
Major hospital degraded, needs financial infusions

Major hospital degraded, needs financial infusions

Bach Mai, the largest hospital in northern Vietnam which treats tens of thousands of patients every day, wears a degraded look, lacks equipment and is in bad shape, financially.
November 10, 2022 | 07:41 pm PT
Hanoi hospitals cope with multiple disease outbreaks among children

Hanoi hospitals cope with multiple disease outbreaks among children

Doctors in Hanoi hospitals are overwhelmed by the number of child patients coming with respiratory diseases as the season changes.
October 5, 2022 | 04:33 pm PT
Hanoi locks down main hospital after eight Covid-19 infections

Hanoi locks down main hospital after eight Covid-19 infections

Hanoi’s Bach Mai hospital, one of Vietnam’s largest, has suspended admitting new patients and is isolated as of Saturday.
March 27, 2020 | 11:52 pm PT
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