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Patients give health insurance details to a nurse at Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital in Can Tho City. More than 90 per cent of insured patients will have to co-pay for check-ups and treatments, according to the new health insurance law that takes effect on January 1. Tong Thi Song Huong, director of the Ministry [...]
The newly infected patients raise the total number of H1N1 flu cases in the country to 1,847 and two deaths, as of 5pm August 21. The Highland province of Gia Lai confirmed two more residents contracted the flu. They are an employee of Co.op Mart supermarket in Pleiku City and a pupil of Chu Van [...]
The Ministry of Health yesterday, July 16 reported 18 new A/H1N1 flu cases, 14 of which were in Xuan Hiep commune, Xuan Hoa district, Dong Nai province. As of yesterday, the ministry confirmed a total 338 positive cases of the superflu, but no fatalities. All 14 patients had contact with an A/H1N1 flu patient that [...]
The Vietnam Food Administration has discovered several milk producers cheating on protein content. Milk products at a supermarket in HCMC’s Go Vap District. Vietnam’s food watchdog has found many milk producers making false claims about their products’ contents following recent tests (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Concerned agencies reported that 53 out of 210 baby formula, milk [...]
An unqualified anesthetist’s failure may cause fatality on the operation table. Those who helped Do Huu Tam be assigned as an anesthetist, though untrained and unqualified, at Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City, will face disciplinary action, said Nguyen Tuan Hung, manger of the Personnel Department at the Ministry of Health. In response to the scandal, [...]