Hospitals struggling for autonomy
09/04/2021 06:42 GMT+7
Adding to the challenges brought forward last year, a lack of hospital fee increases in 2021 could put top-tier public hospitals in a war of nerves as they attempt to obtain autonomy.
Bach Mai Hospital decided against introducing new fees after a rebuke from the MoH.
Taking over 60 minutes to transport her father from the northern province of Thai Binh to Bach Mai Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Vietnam, in early March to test for epithelial cancer, Hang Pham stressed when hearing about possible increases in hospital fees there.
“I was worried when relatives of other patients told me that the hospital was going to increase some customised examination and treatment service fees from early April. My family is not rich enough to afford the increase,” she told VIR in tears. “If my father has cancer, my family would face financial pressu
Hospitals struggling for autonomy
Bach Mai Hospital decided against introducing new fees after a rebuke from the MoH
Taking over 60 minutes to transport her father from the northern province of Thai Binh to Bach Mai Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Vietnam, in early March to test for epithelial cancer, Hang Pham stressed when hearing about possible increases in hospital fees there.
âI was worried when relatives of other patients told me that the hospital was going to increase some customised examination and treatment service fees from early April. My family is not rich enough to afford the increase,â she told VIR in tears. âIf my father has cancer, my family would face financial pressure.â
Covid-19 outbreak interrupts blood donations in Vietnam
By Chi Le February 23, 2021 | 09:00 pm GMT+7
With the latest Covid-19 outbreak still ongoing, regular blood donors are staying away, cutting supply to those who are in dire need of transfusions.
Ly Lo May, 26, learned that she has blood cancer over a month ago. The leukemia causes her to hemorrhage. There are bruises all over her body and she faces the risk of brain hemorrhage.
A Dao ethnic woman from the northern mountainous province of Sa Pa, May is under treatment at the National Institute of Haematology & Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) in Hanoi since January 29. She needs blood transfusion every day. Sometimes for one process, she needs as many as four blood units, or 1,000 millimeters in total, per day.
Abbott accelerates healthcare transformation in Vietnam
December 21, 2020 | 05:00 pm GMT+7
A conference will be held in Hanoi this month to accelerate digital transformation in the health sector, using technological achievements to raise the quality of treatments as Vietnam seeks to expand its remote healthcare network nationwide.
Overview and approaches of the sector s digital transformation will be high on the agenda of eHealth Vietnam Summit 2020, to be held by the Health Ministry on December 29-30, organizers stated on the event website.
Remote healthcare consultation and support has become critically important this year when travel is restricted and hospitals face huge challenges due to Covid-19.