Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Defense Minister, and Deputy Health Minister Pham Le Tuan co-chaired the conference. Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Defense Minister, and Deputy Health Minister Pham Le Tuan co-chaired the conference. According to reports and opinions at the conference, since 2016, the project has achieved important results, including establishing military-civilian medical departments at the ministerial and provincial levels, and medical centers in the island districts of Bach Long Vy, Con Co, Ly Son, Phu Quy, Con Dao, Co To, Tho Chu, as well as organizing medical teams in response to emergency situations. Speaking at the event, Gen. Don praised the results in the military-civilian medical program over the past years, and hoped that in the coming time, military and civilian agencies and units will continue to overcome difficulties and complete all … [Read more...] about Promotion of military-civilian medical program
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Vietnamese surgeons successfully transplant lung in 7-year-old patient
VietNamNet Bridge - The doctors at the Military Hospital 103 have successfully conducted the first lung transplant operation in Vietnam, saving the life of a 7-year-old child who was born with bronchiectasis. Ly Chuong Binh, the patient, received lungs from two living donors – his father and uncle. Two days after the operation was carried out, Binh has begun his recovery. According to Hoang Van Chuong, an anesthesiologist, this is the first lung transplant surgery conducted at the hospital. Prior to that, the hospital carried out the first kidney transplant in 1992, liver transplant in 2004, heart transplant in 2010 and pancreas – kidney transplant in 2014. The patient received lungs from two donors instead of one. The patient suffered from bronchiectasis which seriously affected his heart’s function. The boy was malnourished, weighing 14 kilos at the age of seven. Because of the special characteristics of the surgery, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese surgeons successfully transplant lung in 7-year-old patient
Doosan Vina, CAUH run free medical program in Quang Ngai
Doosan Vina, CAUH run free medical program in Quang Ngai By Quoc Hung in HCMC Doosan Vina and Chung Ang University Hospital (CAUH) on Monday started a five-day pprogram to carry out free health checks and cataract surgeries in the central province of Quang Ngai. Four surgeons from CAUH, which is also in South Korea, will take part in the surgery on 30 cataract patients at Quang Ngai General Hospital. Under the joint program 1,500 people from nearby areas will receive health checks by a team of 14 CAUH doctors. Eligible areas include Binh Tri, Binh Dong, Binh Thuan communes of Binh Son District, Quang Ngai Province. On July 22 CAUH will donate a Faco Machine and a surgery kit worth US$30,000 to the hospital. "Doosan Vina is making efforts to become a Vietnam company that has the love from the local community and helps develop Vietnam's industry," BJ Cho, general director of Doosan Vina said in a statement. "This year the company wants to bring light to cataract patients while last … [Read more...] about Doosan Vina, CAUH run free medical program in Quang Ngai
Christmas and New Year food programs
Christmas and New Year food programs Tien Dat By Tien Dat - The Saigon Times Daily Hotels, restaurants and resorts of Saigontourist will launch a range of food programs for revelers to celebrate Christmas and the New Year of 2015. Rex Hotel, 141 Nguyen Hue Blvd., Dist. 1, HCMC. Tel 08.38292185 Rooftop Garden Bar & Restaurant will put on buffets featuring local and Asian dishes, and seafood from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on December 24 and from 6:30 p.m. until midnight on New Year’s Eve. Diners can also watch a wide variety of folk song and flamenco performances, and especially a New Year’s Eve fireworks display to ring in the New Year. Buffet admission costs VND1.7 million for an adult and VND800,000 for a child on Christmas Eve, and VND2.5 million for an adult and VND1.2 million for a child on New Year’s Eve. For every 10 tickets bought, customers will be given one free. Hotel Continental Saigon, 132 Dong Khoi St., Dist. 1, HCMC. Tel: 08.38257679 The hotel will … [Read more...] about Christmas and New Year food programs
Meeting to review 5-year medical program in the Northwestern region
(VOVworld) – A meeting was held on Thursday to review the cooperation between the healthcare sector and army medical units in providing health services to the people of the Northwestern region. Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Steering Committee for the Northwestern region, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, called on the two sectors to closely cooperate and consider caring for people’s health their permanent task, contributing to building an all-people’s national defense. Over the past 5 years, the program “The army works for people’s health” has provided free healthcare and medicine to over 18,000 people and presented gifts to 1,000 social beneficiaries and medical equipment to 40 communal clinics. … [Read more...] about Meeting to review 5-year medical program in the Northwestern region