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Vietnam continues repatriating citizens as global coronavirus cases pass 5 million

24 HRS Medical - 27/05/2020

From May 15, all passengers wear personal protective equipment. Photo: Vietnam Airlines Vietnam has planned to operate six more repatriation flights from May 23 to June 3 to bring its citizen...

Doctors remove toothpick from female patient's anus

24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020

A 2cm toothpick is removed from a female patient's anus at Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital. The patient used the toothpick after dining and swallowed i...

Health ministry considers repatriating British pilot after being treated for coronavirus

24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020

National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control convened a meeting on Thursday in Hà Nội. Assoc. Prof. Lương Ngọc Khuê, Dire...

Liver from Hanoi brings revival to patient in HCM City

24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020

On May 20, the University Medical Centre (UMC) Ho Chi Minh City announced that doctors at the hospital successfully performed a liver transplant in th...

HCMC Hospitals report increase in heat-related illnesses

24 HRS Medical - 22/05/2020

An older adult receives a health check-up at Thong Nhat Hospital in HCM City. — Photo Thu Hang Thong Nhat Hospital in HCM City reported a ris...

Court upholds sentences for defendants in fake medicine case

24 HRS Medical - 21/05/2020

Nguyen Minh Hung, former general director of Vietnam Pharma Joint-Stock Company, at the High-level People's Court in HCM City on May 20 At t...

British patient's lung function improves, transplant being considered

24 HRS Medical - 21/05/2020

HCM City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases where the patient is being treated. Photo tuoitre.vn “About 20 to 30 per cent of his lungs have rec...

Critically ill COVID-19 patient thankful she is still alive

24 HRS Medical - 21/05/2020

H. is getting better every day. — Photo Kenh 14 What followed for the 64-year-old woman was a catalogue of life-threatening illnesses includi...

Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia May 7

24 HRS Medical - 08/05/2020

A potential coronavirus vaccine, Vietnamese scientists have tested on mice over last ten days, showed initial success.Dr. Do Tuan Dat, President of th...