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  by Douglas Holwerda* Depression is a psychological condition that about half of us experience at some point in our lives. Teens are one age group who are likely to experience serious depression. Depression is the name for a set of emotions and the way they affect our thoughts, our outlook on life, our motivation, our ability to concentrate, the way we feel about ourselves and life itself. Sometimes depression has been described as the heaviness of unhappiness. Without fully realising it, we might be feeling a combination of emotions (like sadness, guilt, anger, fear and frustration), but to us it just feels like a low mood. When we feel depressed it is the low mood that dominates our inner experience so that the desirable emotions like joy, excitement, fun and happiness seem to disappear. Teenagers experience depression a little differently than adults do. Generally speaking, teens have more mood swings and feel things more intensely than adults do. They also have less … [Read more...] about Depression…a real problem

The three children were rushed to the infirmary while they had a serious abscess in ear drum’s salivary gland. The first child, 14-year-old Nghiem Thanh T., in Duc Tho District of Ha Tinh Province was discharged after 50 days of treatment. At this time , the infirmary’s Ear-Nose-Throat Department is providing treatment on 10-year-old Hoang Van C. in Thanh Chuong District and 11-year-old Nguyen Cong H in Yen Thanh District of Nghe An . Dr. Nguyen Thi Huyen Ngan of the Department of Ear-Nose-Throat said that Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an infectious disease that can infect humans or animals. If the disease is improperly treated, the death rate could be more than 50 percent. Cases of Whitmore's disease have increased remarkably during the rainy season with a high rate of mortality; accordingly, medical workers warned people to wear protective clothing when working in soil and water. So far, there has … [Read more...] about Three kids in Nghe An infected with Whitmore’s disease

Hospital director Truong Vinh Long said the hospital started the project “Comprehensive quality improvement in the hospital through medical report” since its establishment. All incidents relating or not relating to doctors’ skills in the hospital will be analyzed carefully to find out the cause and learn the lesson from the incident to help avoid same later incident and win patients and their relatives’ satisfaction. Hospital Management Asia is an annual event for hospital owners, C-level executives, directors and industry leaders to exchange insights on healthcare management thinking, best practices and solutions. Over 100 Vietnamese delegators from the Ministry and 80 infirmaries countrywide with projects attended the conference. The council jury awarded 48 titles to 92 hospitals from 15 nations. By THANH AN – Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: Gia An Hospital 115 awarded fastest improvement project Hospital Management Asia … [Read more...] about Gia An Hospital 115 awarded for fastest improvement project

One of the solutions the Ministry has implemented is setting up satellite medical clinics in order to transfer advanced techniques to grass-root facilities. After five years of implementation, 23 nuclear hospitals and 138 satellite hospitals have been formed nationwide. Moreover the sector has invested and prioritized ten specialties including oncology, surgical trauma, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, endocrinology, neurology, clinical hematology, emergency resuscitation and poison control. Besides, the sector also upgraded facilities, build greener infirmaries, enhance IT employment, e-medical record, Telemedicine; and paid medical services to appeal social contributions. However, the health minister pointed out that the sector has bumped into difficulties because of limited finance resources. In the next time, the health sector will focus on improving grass-root medical institutions, building clinical trial systems and pay-collection methods. Head of the Ministry of … [Read more...] about Vietnam revamping health sector in all fields: Health Minister

Moreover, the fatal disease infected 12 patients including a woman suffering from a severe abscess on her nose. The case was very rare and the hospital has treated such case for the first time, said Director of the hospitals’ Tropical Disease Center Dr. Do Duy Cuong. She was misdiagnosed as having sepsis caused by a staph infection at a local hospital. However, tests carried out by the center has shown that her wound was positive for Whitmore bacteria. The doctors had to completely change the treatment regimen; otherwise the patient could have died as Dr. Cuong said. After two weeks of treatment, her wound in the nose was better. However, she still undergoes further treatment in at least three months under close watch of doctors; if not, the disease will relapse. Dr. Cuong added that around 20 cases of Whitmore in five or ten years before but since the beginning of the year, the center has admitted 20 cases; mostly from the northern and central provinces. … [Read more...] about Four people die of rare Whitmore’s disease in North Vietnam

A doctor checks a boy’s cleft lip (Photo: VNA)   Phu Yen (VNA) - More than 200 children are receiving free-of-charge cleft lip and palate jaw examinations in the south central province of Phu Yen. The children are from south central and Central Highlands provinces. The programme, which lasts from September 9-11, was conducted by 40 doctors from the Ho Chi Minh City National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology, the Hanoi National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology and the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital. After examining the children and consulting with their families, the doctors will choose the kids most in need and conduct free-of-charge surgery. The children receiving surgery must be at least six months old and weigh at least eight kilogrammes. The Operation Smile Organisation and the Vietnam Sika sponsor the programme. Doctor Le Trung Nghia, head of the medical team, said to prevent defects, women must keep healthy during pregnancy and avoid stress and hard work. … [Read more...] about Over 200 children receive cleft lip, palate jaw checkups

At the signing ceremony (Source: https://suckhoedoisong.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - The Health Ministry's Department of Medical Examination and Treatment and the Antimicrobial Resistance Research Centre of Japan on September 9 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in developing antimicrobial monitoring system in Vietnam. Under the MoU, the two sides will coordinate to develop an antimicrobial resistance monitoring system in Vietnam, aiming to build a sustainable surveillance structure through developing a software module and a cooperation framework, thus creating a national report on antibiotic resistance and providing feedback on infection control in the country. Dr.  Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the department, said antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat to public health, requiring action coordination among countries. Vietnam was the first country in the Western Pacific region that developed and adopted a national action plan on antimicrobial … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Japan work to develop antimicrobial monitoring system

As he explained that data collected by Vietnamese agencies in a short time after the blaze is difficult to compared with WHO’s annual warning level. However, WHO leader believed in Vietnamese poison experts of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi who can handle the incident emphasizing that WHO experts will help Vietnamese peers if necessary. He added that WHO is keeping an eye on the similar fire in South Africa last time. Over 150 people arrived in grass-root medical centers for testing, said deputy head of the Department of Health in Hanoi Tran Thi Nhi Ha; but none of them experienced abnormal symptoms. By MINH KHANG - Translated by ANH QUAN Tags: WHO monitor pollution Rang Dong blaze … [Read more...] about WHO needs more time to monitor pollution after Rang Dong blaze

Presently, the center can provide screening on newborns, measuring the thickness of the skin fold behind the nape of the neck to helps assess the risk for Down syndrome and other, heart diseases ultrasound scan, and genetic testing during pregnancy. Newborn screening before and after birth has helped to reduce neonates suffering serious conditions, including hearing loss, congenital heart defects, and metabolic disorders and disparities with the aim to improve population and public health. In the Mekong delta, around 255,000 newborns are born annually including approximately 3,000 – 8,000 newborns with congenital defects. Director of the center Dr. Luong Kim Phuong said that the center is appealing for social contribution to benefit residents in the region. In 2019, the center continued spending on advanced medical equipment to help detect genetic diseases amongst newborns.By PHAN THANH - Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: Can Tho City Mekong delta’s Newborn Screening … [Read more...] about Can Tho City becomes Mekong delta’s Newborn Screening Center

Deputy Director of the Department of Health Professor Tang Chi Thuong said that in the experimenting time, information of medical clinics will be supplemented. It is scheduled English version will be introduced in early 2020 to help foreign patients look for the information of medical institutions. People can get Android and IOS apps and digital content from the Google Play and the App Store. In the experimenting time, public and private medical facilities and doctor’s private facilities with good quality will be added in the software. Users just type their symptoms and disease, the software will give them a list of nearby medical facilities with comments of other patients in order to help patients to select the most proper ones. After filling their personal information, patients can receive information of present disease in the city and supervision results of clinics in addition to writing their comments on medical facilities, their satisfaction and dissatisfaction of the … [Read more...] about Patients can search nearby medical facilities in smart phones