GE Healthcare provides biomedical engineering training for 56 hospitalsHung Le GE Healthcare, in partnership with the Department of Medical Equipment and Construction at the Ministry of Health and local dealers VietMedical and T.D. Medical, have conducted a five-day BME (biomedical engineering) training course for biomedical engineers from 56 hospitals in southern provinces. GE Healthcare and its partners expanded their efforts to train healthcare providers in the nation’s south, following a similar BME training in the north last year. This training course was attending 56 biomedical engineers from 56 hospitals across 26 southern provinces. This five-day course brought together leading industry experts from the Singapore Biomedical Engineers Association (BES), Ngee Ann Polytechnic Institute of Singapore and the Department of Medical Equipment and Construction. During the training session, biomedical engineers were updated on knowledge of safety management and operation of … [Read more...] about GE Healthcare provides biomedical engineering training for 56 hospitals
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Mothers, children get good healthcare
The 26-year-old ethnic Thái woman has given birth to two healthy daughters with minimum fuss, which in itself might not be something extraordinary, but considering that she and her husband are, in her own words, "floating on rivers all day to earn our living," she has reason to be thankful.It is thanks to the careful support and supervision of local medical workers during her pregnancy and delivery that Tân was able to safely deliver her two children.The native of the central province of Thanh Hóa used to be worried about many women in her community and hometown give birth at home, exposing themselves to a lot of risk.After their marriage, Tân and her husband moved to Vạn Yên Commune, Vân Đồn District in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.They fish in rivers for a living and earn about VNĐ2-4 million (US$90-180) per month. Despite this, she was able to receive good, regular care, courtesy the Vạn Yên Commune Medical … [Read more...] about Mothers, children get good healthcare
JICA project improves maternal, child healthcare for ethnic people
Lao Cai (VNA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) will provide maternaland child health handbooks for the northern provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau, YenBai, Son La, Ha Giang and Dien Bien under a project backed by the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA).Deputy Director of the Maternal and Child Health Department under the MoH TranDang Khoa made the announcement at a seminar held in Lao Cai city, in thenorthern bordering province of Lao Cai, on November 30 to improve maternal andchild healthcare for ethnic minorities in those localities.Thehandbook is a health record that enables both mothers and their children toreceive care from early pregnancy to infancy, Khoa stressed, adding that it includesinformation and data concerning mother’s progress during pregnancy, state ofdelivery and post-delivery, and health check-up records for her child until he/sheis six years old.Using the handbook, medical staff can provide effective treatments which reducemortality and morbidity for … [Read more...] about JICA project improves maternal, child healthcare for ethnic people
International-standard healthcare in Vietnam
Peter Thompson, a 62 year-old expatriate businessman in Hanoi, shared his experiences after being treated for an acute coronary problem at the local Vinmec International Hospital. Peter Thompson being treated at Vinmec International Hospital In early July 2012, Peter Thompson was taken into Vinmec International Hospital with acute chest pains, unable to breath. He was diagnosed as having acute coronary syndrome for the first five hours. Staying at Vinmec instead of flying to Thailand for treatment was a tough decision that Peter had to make as that was the first time he had ever put his life in hands of a Vietnamese hospital. “Taken into Vinmec in an emergency, I was overwhelmed by fear because everything came so fast. The doctor said that my heart needed treating immediately. I discussed with my wife about the possibility of hospitalisation in Thailand, but one of the doctors warned me that my condition was so serious that it should be treated immediately," he said. Thompson … [Read more...] about International-standard healthcare in Vietnam
HCMC Medicine and Pharmacy University targets key healthcare science training facility
NDO – Politburo member and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party’s Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has tasked Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy with establishing itself as a key healthcare science training facility in the region in terms of training, scientific research and technology transfer.The city’s Party leader made the request while addressing a ceremony held on November 18 to mark the 70th anniversary of the university’s establishment and to award the Independence Order, second class.He lauded the achievements of the university over the past seven decades in providing high-quality human resources for the city’s medical system, thus contributing to developing Ho Chi Minh City as a major healthcare centre in the country.He called on the university’s board of managers to expand their international cooperation in order to establish new training faculties, such as hospital management and medical equipment, as well as to take part in … [Read more...] about HCMC Medicine and Pharmacy University targets key healthcare science training facility