HCM City is planning to restructure its primary healthcare system towards providing family medicine and other services. — VNA/VNS Photo by Đinh Hằng HCM CITY — Starting this month, the municipal health department will hold monthly meetings with medical workers at primary healthcare centres to promote family medicine and other initiatives. The …
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A nurse takes care of a patient at the Vĩnh Cửu District Medical Station in the southern province of Đồng Nai. The province faces doctor shortage due to low income. — Photo baodongnai.com.vn ĐỒNG NAI — Doctor shortages have been growing across many provinces, despite efforts from the health sector …
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Elderly women doing physical exercise in the Hoàn Kiếm Lake area in central Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thành Đạt HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has ordered agencies to devise better policies for the protection and care of the elderly, as well as ways for them …
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Dr Tô Thùy Nhi from HCM City’s Children’s Hospital No 2’s Department of haematology-oncology examines a child with ovarian cancer. Photo tuoitre.vn HÀ NỘI — Hà, a 12-year-old girl from southern Bến Tre Province, has lost one ovary and suffered painful complications after doctors discovered she had a malignant ovarian tumour …
Read More »Military doctors take care of ethnic people’s health
Mường Cai border station’s military medical officers examine local residents in Sông Mã District. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo SƠN LA — Military doctors at border stations in the northern province of Sơn La have contributed to raising awareness in healthcare and achieved remarkable results in public medical centres, especially during the COVID-19 …
Read More »Student volunteer finds meaning as part of the nation’s force against the pandemic
Vũ Tiến Anh (right) and his teammate. — Photo courtesy of Vũ Tiến Anh HÀ NỘI — For Vũ Tiến Anh, one among thousands of medical students who volunteered in the southern epicentre of the pandemic last year, 2021 was a year of relentless efforts and courage to fight the outbreak. Emotions rushed …
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