Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son (third from right) presides a telemedicine consultation to discuss the condition and treatment of a British pilot who is Vietnam’s sickest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient, May 29, 2020. Photo: Thuy Anh / Tuoi Tre Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son agreed with the suggestions, adding that doctors should also carefully consider the patient’s renal and liver functions. … [Read more...] about British pilot, Vietnam’s sickest COVID-19 patient, might not need lung transplant as health improves: doctors
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Health ministry wants everyone to stop smoking
Quitting smoking would help create a healthy environment for each individual, family and society, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn, at a meeting held yesterday in Hà Nội to respond to World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and National No Tobacco Week (May 25-31). “Quit smoking today,” Sơn said. He added that it was a message the ministry wanted to send to every smoker in the country. This year, the World Health Organisation’s World No Tobacco Day campaign focuses on protecting children and young people from exploitation by the tobacco industry. Speaking at the meeting, Sơn urged all ministries, sectors and localities nationwide to strengthen their implementation of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms. Since the tobacco law came into effect in May 2013, the smoking rate among men decreased by about 2.1 per cent and women by 0.3 per cent. Through the event, the ministry’s Tobacco Harms … [Read more...] about Health ministry wants everyone to stop smoking
Defense minister visits former senior leaders
General Ngo Xuan Lich (L) presenting flowers and gifts to former Party General Secretary, former Director of the General Department of Politics General Le Kha Phieu At the two separate meetings, on behalf of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense (MND), and all troops, General Lich wished General Phieu and General Thanh good health and hoped that they would make more valuable and practical contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and State as well as military building and national defense. … [Read more...] about Defense minister visits former senior leaders
South Korea re-imposes some social restrictions to combat new COVID-19 cases
At least 82 cases so far this week have been linked to a cluster of infections at a logistics facility operated by Coupang Corp, one of the country's largest online shopping firms, in Bucheon, west of Seoul, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). … [Read more...] about South Korea re-imposes some social restrictions to combat new COVID-19 cases
British pilot’s condition improves, might not need lung transplant, say doctors
He ordered Việt Nam-Germany Hospital to work with Chợ Rẫy to continue monitoring the patient’s health and look for suitable lungs for transplant, preferably from a registered braindead donor. … [Read more...] about British pilot’s condition improves, might not need lung transplant, say doctors
