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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.
$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
HCMC in dire need of blood for Thalassemia patients

HCMC in dire need of blood for Thalassemia patients

HCMC needs 10,000 regular donors to provide blood for patients with the inherited blood disorder called Thalassemia, but it has just 700 now.
November 21, 2019 | 07:19 pm PT
Thankless job: Medical workers face abuse, infection threats

Thankless job: Medical workers face abuse, infection threats

Physical abuse and infection are among the major problems medical personnel have to face, insiders said at a conference in Hanoi this week.
November 1, 2019 | 08:16 pm PT
Hanoi hospital pioneers switch from radiographic film to digital

Hanoi hospital pioneers switch from radiographic film to digital

A Hanoi hospital has become the country's first to do away with radiographic films and switch to storing the data digitally.
October 16, 2019 | 05:31 pm PT
Healthcare service stays muted for deaf people

Healthcare service stays muted for deaf people

In Vietnam, hospital processes are loaded against deaf and speech-impaired people.
October 9, 2019 | 11:26 pm PT
The problems with Vietnam's limited healthcare funding

The problems with Vietnam's limited healthcare funding

The current healthcare system in Vietnam does not benefit the poor when it limits the fund that could aid them to get access to healthcare service.
September 13, 2019 | 08:37 pm PT
Senior citizens travel a thousand miles to cook for cancer patients

Senior citizens travel a thousand miles to cook for cancer patients

Every month, a group of elderly people travel 1,600km to cook free vegetarian meals for cancer patients in Hanoi.
August 12, 2019 | 08:00 pm PT
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