Many hospitals are seeing a shortage of medical supplies, due to the growing reluctance to organize procurement bidding that stems from recent major violation cases.
On the occasion of Vietnam Woman Day 9 October 20), Tumor Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City and the Ngay mai tuoi sang ( Bright Future ) fund, a supportive fund for cancer patient, jointly implement a program to provide free breast cancer screening for 1,200 women.
The General Hospital in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho had to pay VND375 million ($16,261) in compensation and provide lifetime medical treatment to a patient after it wrongly removed both her kidneys many years ago, according to a decision of a court on July 3.
The general hospital in the southern province of Binh Phuoc has performed 14 hip replacement operations, said hospital director Dr. Le Anh Tuan on January 17.
The General Hospital Hoan My Cuu Long in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho yesterday said that it had called for social contribution of VND100 million ($4,404) to help a poor patient with heart disease.
IBM Vietnam and its partner Five9 yesterday announced to bring the Watson cognitive computing platform in a hospital in the northern province of Phu Tho for cancer treatment
Two people were killed and four hospitalized on Monday after a young man opened fire at a public library in the small city of Clovis, New Mexico, local officials said.
Actress Song Hye-kyo, who made a surprise announcement of her wedding plans with actor Song Joong-ki, recently made a secret 100 million-won donation to a children's hospital, sources said Thursday.