Ministries urgently complete documents on draft Resolution on guarantee of drugs and medical equipment and payment of medical examination and treatment expenses covered by health insurance and submit to the Government before August 15. This is the request communicated by the Government Office to the ministries of Health, Planning and Investment, Finance, Justice and Social […]
Tag: Health policy
Monkeypox patient must be isolated
According to the Ministry of Health, people suspected of being infected or infected with monkeypox are isolated at health stations or hospitals, treated for symptoms, and can take more specific drugs. This is one of the tutorials about Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of monkeypox in humans issued by the Ministry of Health on July 29, […]
How does Vietnam deal with monkeypox?
Faced with the risk of monkeypox entering, Vietnam has increased case surveillance at border gates, prepared drugs, test biological products, and preventive vaccines. On the afternoon of July 24, the Ministry of Health held an urgent meeting with the Institutes of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and […]
Confusion with hospital regulations ‘using borrowed machines’ in medical examination and treatment
Hospitals “stand still” when the Ministry of Finance said that medical examination and treatment units are not allowed to borrow or allow to order machines from the winning units of materials and chemicals. In a dispatch sent to the Ministry of Health and Social Insurance of Vietnam on June 24, the Ministry of Finance affirmed […]
WHO: Monkeypox is not yet a health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) says monkeypox is not yet a global public health emergency. The statement came after a meeting of WHO experts and leaders on June 23. The WHO said the committee had some differing views, but all agreed that at this stage the outbreak was not a Public Health Emergency of Emergency […]
The number of deaths from Covid-19 globally increased
The WHO said the number of deaths from Covid globally increased by 4% after several consecutive weeks of decline, when many countries were at risk of experiencing a new wave of epidemics. The World Health Organization (WHO) on June 16 recorded 8,700 deaths from Covid-19 between June 6 and June 12, an increase of 21% […]
Quang Ngai would like to transfer more than 186,000 doses of Covid vaccine to another place – VnExpress
Due to the low demand for vaccination in the area compared to the amount of vaccine allocated, Quang Ngai would like to transfer more than 186,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Answer VnExpress On the evening of June 13, a representative of the Quang Ngai Provincial Department of Health said that the population situation in the […]
Why not collect money for blood transfusion if the patient’s relatives donate?
Ho Chi Minh CityEach operation at the Heart Institute costs about two units of blood, if purchased from the Blood Bank, the patient has to pay, and if a relative donates to add to the Blood Bank, there is no cost. “This is a historic rule at the Institute and due to the specificity of […]
More than 28 million vaccinations have been misinformed
A representative of the Information Technology Department, the Ministry of Health on the afternoon of June 3 said that more than 31 million people have been granted Covid vaccine passports; More than 28 million injections were misinformed. A representative of the Information Technology Department assessed that the number of people issued with vaccine passports increased […]
Many localities do not want to receive the Covid vaccine
The Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology noted that many localities have not fully registered the number of Covid-19 vaccinations in May-June, and some provinces have requested not to receive or transfer the allocated vaccine. In a dispatch sent to localities on May 24, the Ministry of Health said that the above situation led to […]