Medical workers attend to a COVID patient in critical condition at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội. — Photo vietnamnet.vn HÀ NỘI — While Hà Nội’s COVID caseload is surging, the capital city has seen fewer severe infections and less people needing hospital treatment. Speaking to VietNamNet online …
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A medical worker in Hà Nội takes a sample of a resident for COVID-19 testing. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Despite an increasing number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Hà Nội in recent days, the number of hospitalised patients has not increased considerably, according to the Ministry of Health …
Read More »Raising remuneration for medical staff a top priority in 2022: Health ministry
Healthcare workers at a COVID-19 intensive care unit in HCM City. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Vũ HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health plans to reform and renovate the sector’s finance structuring, especially remuneration for medical workers, making it the top priority this year, deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên has said. …
Read More »Young doctor on the frontline against COVID-19
Dr Lê Kim Bình, head of the Field Hospital No1 for COVID-19 patients in southern Bến Tre Province, checks the medical records of COVID-19 patients. — VNA/VnExpress News Photos Chương Đài HÀ NỘI — Dr Lê Kim Bình will never forgot the day he moved to the Field Hospital …
Read More »HCM City to close largest COVID ICU as severe case numbers fall sharply
The 1,000-bed COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit in Thủ Đức City will be closed and the facility returned to the HCM City Oncology Hospital. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health has recommended that the People’s Committee should close down the 1,000-bed Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit in …
Read More »Prime Minister visits medical facilities, extends Tết wishes
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính speaks to the medical staff at a COVID-19 treatment facility. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday morning visited the COVID-19 treatment facility at Hà Nội Medical University Hospital and the National Children’s Hospital, to extend his wishes …
Read More »COVID-19 field hospital in HCM City busier as Tết holiday nears
During lunch time, medical workers and volunteers at HCM City’s Field Hospital 12 are still working. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Đan Phương HCM CITY — Air passengers arriving at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport that test positive for COVID-19 are immediately taken to field hospital No 12, as …
Read More »‘No time for holidays’: Medical workers in the north work relentlessly to battle COVID-19
A corner of the intensive care unit at a facility at the National Hospital for Tropical Disease (Đông Anh District, Hà Nội). — Photo suckhoedoisong.vn HÀ NỘI — While people across the country have been bustling with preparations for Tết (Lunar New Year), medical workers in COVID-19 treatment facilities are working relentlessly to take …
Read More »Four COVID-19 field hospitals in HCM City to temporarily close as outbreak eases
Củ Chi COVID-19 field hospital. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — HCM City will temporarily shut four COVID-19 field hospitals from January 19 since the pandemic situation is improving. The Department of Health made the decision to close them until further notice and “give medical staff time to …
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