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Hà Nội’s Department of Health has officially provided comprehensive information about the delivery of two new-borns to the wrong parents at Ba Vì District’s General Hospital six years ago, a case which has drawn public attention in recent days.— Photo soha.vn HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội’s Department of Health has officially provided comprehensive information about the delivery of two new-borns to the wrong parents at Ba Vì District’s General Hospital six years ago, a case which has drawn public attention in recent days. On July 11, the Ministry of Health received a letter from Phùng Giang Sơn, a resident of Ba Vì District, to complain about the error of Ba Vì General Hospital, which had given him the wrong baby in 2012. In the letter, Sơn said his wife, Phùng Thị Thu Hiền, gave birth on November 1, 2012 at the hospital. When receiving the new-born, he and his wife were suspicious because the baby wore a diaper different from the one they had seen him before. However, the doctors insisted … [Read more...] about Department of Health supplies information about switched-at-birth babies

Ba Vì Hospital where two babies were switched at birth. – photo baotintuc.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Health Department in Hà Nội has asked hospitals in the city to review the process of managing new-born babies including caring, bathing and handing them to parents after a case of parents receiving the wrong babies was discovered at Ba Vì District’s hospital. Hà Nội Obstetrics Hospital was asked to organise training courses and monitor the process at the obstetric departments of other city hospitals. Previously, the Ministry of Health requested the municipal Health Department to issue harsh penalties to medical workers involved with the six-year-old case of babies being switched at birth at Ba Vì Hospital. The mothers in this particular case are Phùng Thị Thu Hiền from Vân Trai Village of Tây Đằng Commune, and Vũ Thị Hương residing in Phú Mỹ Village of the district’s Phú Sơn Commune. On November 1, 2012, the two pregnant women were admitted to the hospital. The … [Read more...] about Hospitals to review procedures after baby-switching incident

Children and their parents attend the ceremony celebration of 1,000 babies being born with in-vitro fertilisation in the Huế Central General Hospital. — VNA/VNS Photo Mai Trang Viet Nam News THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — A total of 1,000 babies have been born by the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) method at Huế Central General Hospital, associate professor Nguyễn Duy Thăng, deputy director of the hospital, said. The first six babies were born in July 2008, marking the success of this treatment at the hospital. Since then, the hospital had applied different important techniques to the treatment, Thăng said. The rate of success of IVF at the hospital is some 35-40 per cent. Legal regulations on surrogacy were approved in 2015, allowing three hospitals in the country to use the method, including Huế Central General Hospital. The first baby born via surrogacy was delivered on July 28, 2016, and weighed 3.5kg. Subsequently, three more babies were born in healthy condition via … [Read more...] about 1,000 babies born by IVF at Huế Hospital

A mother donates milk at Việt Nam’s first human milk bank in central Đà Nẵng City. — Photo thanhnien.vn Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — Some 136 at-risk babies have received milk over two months from 46 donor mothers from the country’s first human milk bank at the Đà Nẵng Hospital for Women and Children. International and Vietnamese experts on breastfeeding, newborn care and human milk banks heard this at a workshop held today in central Đà Nẵng City, organised to learn more about the establishment of the country’s first human milk bank. At the event, hospital representatives shared initial achievements and challenges of the milk bank and the role of early essential newborn care in ensuring there are enough milk donors to feed all infants in need of human milk. Since 2015, the Đà Nẵng Department of Health and the Đà Nẵng Hospital for Women and Children have been working with PATH and Alive & Thrive to highlight the importance of human milk and the ability of human milk … [Read more...] about VN’s first human milk bank benefits at-risk babies

Doctors at the Bắc Ninh Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital congratulate the family of the first baby born via in-vitro fertilization in the province. — Photo baobacninh.com.vn Viet Nam News BẮC NINH — The first baby conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in this northern province was born on Monday at the Bắc Ninh Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital , hospital director Lê Văn Nam said. The baby, who was born after 39 weeks, weighs 3.2kg. The girl is the first child of Nguyễn Đình Long and Hoàng Thị Huyền. Huyền became pregnant through intrauterine insemination (IUI) -- a fertility treatment that involves injecting sperm inside a woman’s uterus to facilitate fertilisation. This is one of the complicated techniques that a few provincial can perform. The birth of this child raises hopes for thousands of other married couples who are unable to conceive. The hospital began operations last July. As of May this year, the hospital has conducted IUI … [Read more...] about In-vitro fertilised baby born in Bắc Ninh

More than 300 healthy babies were born using the IVF method at the Vinmec International Hospital’s Reproductive Technology Centre over the past three years.— VNS Photo Thanh Hải Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Vinmec International Hospital’s Reproductive Technology Centre received over 25,000 infertile couples, of which 1,200 were provided in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) services since the centre opened in November 2014. More than 300 healthy babies were born using the IVF method at the centre over the past three years. The result has raised the clinic’s success rate to 42.1 per cent, equivalent to leading fertility centres in Việt Nam, as well as in developed countries across the world, such as Australia and the United States, according to the centre director, Prof. Tô Minh Hương. “We have applied a lot of advanced measures to increase our success rate, such as assisted hatching of embryos, selection of good blastocysts, application of the five-day blastocyst transfer method or … [Read more...] about Over 300 healthy babies born with IVF method

The 14-day-old baby is treated at the Paediatrics Hospital of southern Đồng Nai Province. - VNA/VNS Photo Lê Xuân Viet Nam News ĐỒNG NAI - A 14 day-old baby infected with a rare intestinal disease is now in stable condition after the surgery, doctors of the Paediatrics Hospital of southern Đồng Nai Province said on Monday. The baby from the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng was born with intestines outside her abdomen. She was hospitalised with the symptoms of cerebral haemorrhage after premature birth. Her mother was diagnosed with a similar disease. Doctor Vũ Công Tầm, head of department of surgery, anesthesiology and recovery of Đồng Nai Province ’s Paediatrics Hospital said that if the operation had not been conducted to move intestines inside the abdomen, the baby’s life would have been threatened. Tầm said that the illness occurs in one of every 15,000 to 30,000 babies. He advised pregnant women to receive … [Read more...] about Baby infected with rare disease saved

A Tibetan Mastiff.— Illustrative photo. Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — An eight-month old baby girl has died two hours after being bitten by a 40-kg Tibetan Mastiff dog on Thursday afternoon at a home on Hà Nội’s Đội Cấn Street. The dog was raised as a family pet. The incident occurred when the baby’s mother was cleaning and the baby was playing nearby. Without warning, the dog attacked the infant. The mother tried to stop the dog but failed. The baby was taken to the Việt Nam – Germany Hospital in critical condition, the Voice of Việt Nam (VoV) online newspaper reported. Lê Việt Khánh, deputy head of the hospital’s Gastrointestinal Emergencies Department said the child was pale and suffering severe blood loss when she was hospitalised. She also had multiple head injuries. “At that time, we already recorded her blood pressure at zero without feeling her blood vessels,” he said. After trying for two hours, doctors failed to save the child. Khánh added that families should … [Read more...] about Tibetan Mastiff kills eight-month baby in Hà Nội

Photo for illustration only. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Sang Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam welcomed 19,062 babies during the Tết ( Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holidays, reported the Vietnam News Agency. The information was released by Lương Ngọc Khuê, head of the Department of Medical Examination Management under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, based on data collected from 1,300 hospitals and 63 provincial health departments across the country. According to the data, from February 14 to 20, 14,079 surgeries were performed, which includes 405 cases of traumatic brain injury, while 103,545 patients were discharged from hospitals. Till 7am on Tuesday, 37,376 emergencies due to road accidents were recorded. This year, 168 people were killed in road accidents compared to 175 deaths last Tết . Petard explosions caused 197 accidents, especially on the last and first day of the L unar New … [Read more...] about More than 19,000 babies born during Tết

The damage caused by the fire on September 17 near the National Children’s Hospital in Hà Nôi. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt Viet Nam News The fire broke out at about 5pm due to a suspected electrical fault on a circuit between the first and second floors of a rental house owned by Nguyễn Thế Hiệp, 71 years old. The fire spread quickly, damaging 20 houses and affecting 99 people. On September 21, two skulls were found under a collapsed iron frame beneath the rubble. On Monday this week, police confirmed the victims were a couple who rented a room from Hiệp so they could be close to their sick baby who is being treated at the National Children’s Hospital. Hiệp has been renting out cheap rooms for patients and caregivers for 20 years for about VNĐ15,000 (US$0.64) per night. Local authorities have donated VNĐ263 million ($11,300 ) to families hit by the fire and VNĐ96 million ($4,100) to the next of kin. The baby who lost her parents is still being treated at the hospital. Her … [Read more...] about Police investigate fire near National Children’s Hospital