Hospital review

A medical staff checks on a kidney patient at the Artificial Kidney Department of Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Ngọc Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến on Wednesday met with leaders of Hòa Bình Province People’s Committee and health department regarding an incident that left seven kidney dialysis patients dead. Prior to the meeting, she visited and offered condolences to families of three late patients in Hòa Bình City, as well as patient Nguyễn Thị Bích Nguyên who is receiving treatment at Hòa Bình Province General Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit following the Monday incident. Minister Tiến asked the province’s health department to establish a panel of health sector experts to determine the cause of the kidney dialysis calamity, which killed seven patients who were receiving dialysis at the hospital on Monday. “We have to deal with the situation step by step, be honest and be objective in finding the cause of … [Read more...] about Hà Nội hospitals to review kidney dialysis process

Trương Quý Dương, director of Hoà Bình General Hospital, delivers a speech during a meeting in the hospital. — Photo news.zing.vn Viet Nam News HOÀ BÌNH — Trương Quý Dương, director of Hoà Bình General Hospital, where eight patients died in a serious medical incident, submitted his resignation at a closed-door meeting on Thursday. The meeting focussed on reviewing Dương’s responsibility as director of the hospital when the medical incident occurred in May 29. The results of the ballot showed that 88.2 per cent of the voters had agreed to take the disciplinary measure of issuing a warning to Dương and the remaining agreed to other disciplinary measures. At the meeting, Dương was asked to resign from his position and proposed to be given another working position following the conclusion of the provincial department’s disciplinary council. Previously, on May 29, 18 patients underwent kidney dialysis treatment in Hoà Bình General Hospital. Soon, they reported nausea, … [Read more...] about Hospital deaths: Hoà Bình Hospital director resigns

Doctor Hoàng Công Lương ( first, left) is at a court last month. The trial panel on the medical incident causing eight deaths at the kidney dialysis division of the Hòa Bình General Hospital in 2017 returned the file on the case on June 5, and asked relevant authorities to carry out additional investigations. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÒA BÌNH — The Hòa Bình Province Investigation Police have filed charges against a top official and former employee of the Hòa Bình General Hospital for their role in the deaths of eight patients last year allegedly due to serious procedural lapses while performing dialysis on them. Hoàng Đình Khiếu, 56, deputy director of the hospital, and Trần Văn Thắng, 53, then head of its medical materials and equipment procurement division, face charges of “negligence, causing serious consequences.” They are also prohibited from leaving their houses. On June 5, the Hòa Bình City People’s Court ordered law enforcement authorities to reopen the … [Read more...] about Two more prosecuted for involvement in incident at Hòa Bình hospital

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

Doctors at Chợ Rẫy Hospital’s emergency department treat a patient.—VNA/VNS Photo An Hiếu Viet Nam News HCM CITY — All 23 hospitals in HCM City’s districts this year will have enough doctors who can take turns providing technical assistance to medical staff at health stations in communes and wards, according to the city’s Department of Health . Speaking at a meeting yesterday to review health sector activities of the first six months of the year, Dr Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, the department’s director, said the aim was to raise trust among local residents in wards and communes. Doctors at local health stations would receive assistance from doctors at district-level hospitals, he said. This would improve the quality of primary health services at grassroots-level health facilities, which has been required by the Ministry of Health. Each year, Phạm Ngọc Thạch University of Medicine provides 600 doctors for the city’s health sector, which has helped to reduce the doctor … [Read more...] about Doctors at district hospitals provide assistance to ward, commune stations

A sample of the "cancer test stick" available in the market. The health ministry has asked departments to supply accurate information to help people clearly understand the true worth of these products. — Photo dantri.com.vn HA NOI (VNS) — The health ministry yesterday asked health departments nationwide to inspect business units that sell and advertise test sticks for quick detection of cancer. The action is aimed at preventing false advertisements of the effect of test sticks that are now available in the market, which claim 99 per cent correct detection of cancer such as of the breast, lung, liver or pancreas. Nguyen Minh Tuan, director of health equipment-building department under the health ministry, said only two medical sticks were allowed to be sold in the market with the department's permission. The two licensed products -- Bioline AFP and SD Bioline CEA -- are used for quick detection of some substances related to cancer, Tuan said. They are not used for … [Read more...] about Health ministry to review ‘cancer test stick’ advertisements

Doctors treat victims of traffic accidents at the Chợ Rẫy Hospital, HCM City. Specially-controlled drugs like morphine are indispensable in these emergency cases, but for the moment, many hospitals are suffering a serious shortage due to a legal hitch. — VNA/VNS Photo An Hiếu Viet Nam News HCM CITY – Several major hospitals in HCM City are struggling to get crucially-needed special drugs because a legal hitch has suffocated supply. They say they might have to get around the law to ensure sufficient supply during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday and beyond. Habit-forming drugs, psychedelic drugs, “pre-substances,” and radioactive drugs - falling under the particular group of medicines that requires enhanced management - are caught in the transitional period between old and new provisions of the Pharmacy Law, which takes effect starting from 2017. In Việt Nam, even after a law takes effect, official instructions are issued before concerned agencies start implementing it. … [Read more...] about Hospitals to ’evade’ law for crucial drugs

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, who is also the head of the State Steering Committee on Renovating Public Administrative Units, paid a working visit to HCM City on Saturday to review the management and financial mechanisms of government offices and their reorganisation. — Photo zing.vn HCM CITY – Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, who is also the head of the State Steering Committee on Renovating Public Administrative Units, paid a working visit to HCM City on Saturday to review the management and financial mechanisms of government offices and their reorganisation. “The achievements of HCM City, the biggest economic hub, will have great significance on the policy to renovate public administrative units,” he told city leaders at a meeting. “It will help the Steering Committee adopt new solutions to step up renovation of public administrative units.” He called on the city to assess its capability to provide public services, consider measures to prune the … [Read more...] about Deputy PM reviews City admin

An employee of the social work division at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City’s District 3 assists a patient. VNS Photo Trần Nhung Viet Nam News HCM CITY — More than 80 per cent of the country’s 35 central hospitals have a division for social work to improve their quality of service, according to an official involved with a programme to set up the divisions. Speaking at a meeting held to review six years of the programme in HCM City yesterday, deputy head of its steering committee, Dr Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, said the rate is much higher than the target of just four central hospitals by 2020. A third of the more than 300 provincial-level hospitals and even many district health facilities have set up this division. Nguyễn Văn Hiếu of the division at the Phú Thọ Province General Hospital said his division’s 38 employees take the initiative to co-operate with doctors to learn about the health of patients, including poor ones, to identify what kind of assistance -- material or … [Read more...] about Hospital social work posts robust growth

Phú Quốc General Hospital, where a newborn died recently. – Photo suckhoedoisong.vn Viet Nam News KIÊN GIANG — The Ministry of Health has asked Kiên Giang Province’s Health Department to verify media reports about an infant’s death at Phú Quốc General Hospital and submit a report before August 1. The ministry has instructed the hospital to hold a meeting to review the treatment and care given to the mother and the newborn and respond to the family’s and public’s concerns, following a report in the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper. On July 16, a 36-year-old pregnant woman, referred to as D.T.L, got admitted to Phú Quốc General Hospital for delivery. The medical staff instructed her to do an ultrasound scan and asked her and her husband, T, to wait while they finished breakfast. An hour later, when they returned, they found that the patient’s amniotic sac had ruptured. They found that the umbilical cord had wound around the foetus’ neck and doctors diagnosed respiratory … [Read more...] about Ministry asks hospital for report on infant’s death