News & Experts
Vietnamese seniors embrace nursing home life
24 HRS Medical - 18/07/2020
Lacking support from their busy and modernizing children, the elderly are turning to nursing homes for companionship and proper care.
First Zika virus infection detected this year in Vietnam
24 HRS Medical - 27/05/2020
The Ministry of Health on May 25 confirmed that a 25-year-old man in Da Nang city has been infected with Zika virus, becoming the first case of this infection in Vietnam this year.
No Smoking Challenge 2020 online contest launched
24 HRS Medical - 27/05/2020
An online contest on tobacco harm prevention was launched across Việt Nam from now till May 31 to celebrate the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the National No Tobacco Week 2020 (May 25-31).
Coronavirus outbreak: Five ways Europe is easing lockdown
24 HRS Medical - 27/05/2020
Jogging in a Madrid park, having a Czech beer, taking a Greek ferry - Europe is opening up more.
Vietnam named best COVID-19 fighter globally by Politico
24 HRS Medical - 27/05/2020
The US news website Politico has ranked Vietnam the best performer worldwide in the fight against COVID-19.
Vietnam continues repatriating citizens as global coronavirus cases pass 5 million
24 HRS Medical - 27/05/2020
The upcoming repatriation flights will help roughly 2,000 people fly home.
Doctors remove toothpick from female patient's anus
24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020
Doctors from Hoan My-Da Nang Hospital have successful removed a toothpick from a patient’s anus after she swallowed while sleeping.
Health ministry considers repatriating British pilot after being treated for coronavirus
24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020
Vietnam's most critically ill COVID-19 patient, a British pilot, has now been deemed to be coronavirus-free, and the health ministry is considering the option of bringing him back to the UK for further care depending on his condition.
Liver from Hanoi brings revival to patient in HCM City
24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020
A liver donated from an unfortunate brain dead woman in Hanoi has been transported to Ho Chi Minh City for transplant to a local patient, saving him from severe cirrhosis.
HCMC Hospitals report increase in heat-related illnesses
24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020
HCM City and other localities in the south have recorded temperatures of 38-39 degrees Celsius in recent days, leading to more heat-related illnesses, especially among children and the elderly.
Court upholds sentences for defendants in fake medicine case
24 HRS Medical - 21/05/2020
The High-level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on May 20 upheld the verdict handed down at the first-instance trial in a case involving the “manufacturing and trading of counterfeit medicine”.
