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Cooperation to improve community healthcare in HCM City

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Lê Thành, chairman of the Council of the Green Economics Institute, said if there is a better capacity and management system, the community health stations will help reduce the pressures that currently major hospitals are struggling with every day.” — Photo courtesy of the institute

HCM CITY — The Green Economics Institute has begun a programme called ‘Improving the quality of community health’ to foster examination and treatment capacity in the grassroots healthcare system in HCM City.

Vạn Thịnh Phát is the sponsor and Japan’s Medi Hub is the solution provider, and the three institutions will collaborate to research and implement a pilot model of this project in all 24 districts of the city.

The grassroots healthcare system is the “gatekeeper” or the first place people approach when they fall sick or suffer from some diseases. However, the community healthcare system showed how inadequate and weak it is during the recent fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

At an online meeting with 140 voters of the city’s National Assembly delegation in the health sector in October last year, Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh Châu, deputy director of the city Department of Health, said, “There still remain weaknesses in human resources, organisational structure, infrastructure, and equipment in the public health system from the Centre for Disease Control to the district medical centres and health stations of wards and communes.”

Outdated facilities and equipment, lack of human resources, a mentality of not trusting the grassroots healthcare system and instead preferring to get their examination and treatment done at the higher level have weakened community healthcare.

It is to mitigate all this and help improve the examination and treatment capacity of the grassroots healthcare system that the Green Economics Institute has initiated ‘Improving the quality of community health’.

Besides helping the grassroots system build electronic health records for managing and monitoring each household and individual, the initiative also focuses on investment of resources at the Centre for Disease Control and district health stations in wards and communes to improve their capacity to deliver examination and treatment services to the public through which hospital overloads could be mitigated.

Talking about solutions to improve the quality of medical facilities and overcome the shortage of human resources, Hidetoyo Teranishi, CEO of Medi Hub Company, said: “If medical staff and small stations have a standardised system of online treatment by software, patient databases and electronic medical records will help medical staff immediately screen for urgent or minor illnesses, or instantly connect to the patient care line with thousands of doctors.

“It is most effective support and medical stations with few staff can operate effectively even if they are far from central and frontline hospitals.”

Founded in 2014 in Japan with a mission of “connecting the world and creating a healthy future,” improving public health through digital transformation in the medical field, Medi Hub has developed throughout Asia with more than 500 hospitals, healthcare centres, high-class nursing homes, and others who are customers and partners, “Medi Hub is ready to connect resources in technology, engineering and [others] from hundreds of thousands of experienced medical doctors in Japan together with Vietnamese partners to build this model,” Teranishi said.

Lê Thành, chairman of the Council of the Green Economics Institute, said this method of collaboration offers a promising solution, “The community health system must always be ready to respond to emergencies and the government can call for action to use grassroots medical stations if necessary.

“In normal situations, the private sector could bid to provide medical examination and treatment services at the stations. If there is a better capacity and management system, the community health stations will help reduce the pressure … that currently major hospitals are struggling with every day.”

Trương Huệ Vân, vice chairwoman of Vạn Thịnh Phát Group, which has assisted the Government in the fight against the pandemic, explains why the group has chosen to participate in the ‘Improving the quality of community health’’ programme. — Photo courtesy of the Green Economics Institute

Trương Huệ Vân, vice chairwoman of Vạn Thịnh Phát Group, which has assisted the Government in the fight against the pandemic, explained why the group has chosen to participate in this initiative: “Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính once campaigned for the spirit of ‘every ward is a fortress’. I believe the initiative proposed by the Green Economics Institute is an integral part of this direction by the Government leader. 

“If we can strengthen the local community healthcare system, it means we have built a ‘firewall’ to protect people’s health, improve the quality of life and contribute to the nation’s development with the right investment in social infrastructure through public-private partnerships.”

Deputy Minister of Health Prof Dr Trần Văn Thuấn said: “The grassroots healthcare network covers every village, hamlet and neighbourhood in all regions across the country. However, people’s healthcare needs have changed a lot, especially with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which requires grassroots healthcare care system to further improve in terms of facilities, finance, human resources and technology.

“More than ever, the Ministry of Health calls on individuals, communities and businesses to join hands to come up with initiatives and solutions in public services, human resources, technology, and investment to improve the efficiency and quality of grassroots healthcare facilities.” — 

Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1188788/cooperation-to-improve-community-healthcare-in-hcm-city.html

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31 Vietnamese students suffer suspected poisoning after receiving balloons from strangers

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Thirty-one students at an elementary school in Vietnam’s Central Highlands had symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and nausea after being given balloons by strangers.

The incident was recorded at Ly Tu Trong Elementary School in Buon Trap Town, Krong Ana District, Dak Lak Province.

Among the 31 students, 17 were admitted to the district medical center, five of whom received transfusions, a representative of the Krong Ana District Office of Education and Training said on Thursday morning.

The other 14 are being monitored at home.

Doctors diagnosed the children with poisoning, but the cause is unknown.

Currently, the health of the poisoned students is stable.

According to the report of Ly Tu Trong Elementary School, four strangers, including three women and one man, were giving balloons to students in front of the school on Wednesday afternoon.

This group of people was then asked to leave by a security guard.

About 30 minutes later, many of the students who had been given the balloons began to show signs of dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, and nausea.

The students were then taken to the school’s medical room and the case was reported to local authorities.

Authorities are investigating the incident.

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Thirty-one students at an elementary school in Vietnam’s Central Highlands had symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and nausea after being given balloons by strangers.

The incident was recorded at Ly Tu Trong Elementary School in Buon Trap Town, Krong Ana District, Dak Lak Province.

Among the 31 students, 17 were admitted to the district medical center, five of whom received transfusions, a representative of the Krong Ana District Office of Education and Training said on Thursday morning.

The other 14 are being monitored at home.

Doctors diagnosed the children with poisoning, but the cause is unknown.

Currently, the health of the poisoned students is stable.

According to the report of Ly Tu Trong Elementary School, four strangers, including three women and one man, were giving balloons to students in front of the school on Wednesday afternoon.

This group of people was then asked to leave by a security guard.

About 30 minutes later, many of the students who had been given the balloons began to show signs of dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, and nausea.

The students were then taken to the school’s medical room and the case was reported to local authorities.

Authorities are investigating the incident.

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Vietnamese woman extradited from Indonesia after 8-year evasion of international wanted notice

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A Vietnamese woman has been extradited from Indonesia by Interpol for an investigation into a fraud case dating back to 2015, local police said on Wednesday.

Nguyen Thi Anh Nga, a 36-year-old from Dong Thap Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, has been wanted internationally since 2015 after fraudulently appropriating over VND3 billion (US$127,591) from various individuals.

Nga then fled Vietnam to work in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia.

Police in Indonesia arrested Nga on March 7.

After discussing with their Indonesian counterparts, Interpol Vietnam brought Nga to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and handed her over to Dong Thap police officers for an investigation into the case.

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A Vietnamese woman has been extradited from Indonesia by Interpol for an investigation into a fraud case dating back to 2015, local police said on Wednesday.

Nguyen Thi Anh Nga, a 36-year-old from Dong Thap Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, has been wanted internationally since 2015 after fraudulently appropriating over VND3 billion (US$127,591) from various individuals.

Nga then fled Vietnam to work in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia.

Police in Indonesia arrested Nga on March 7.

After discussing with their Indonesian counterparts, Interpol Vietnam brought Nga to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and handed her over to Dong Thap police officers for an investigation into the case.

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Two children die following suspected dog bite in north-central Vietnam

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Two children from Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam have died following suspected dog bites.

Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital confirmed on Wednesday it had recently received two young patients in critical conditions.

Doctors believed that the patients had been bitten by dogs and were infected with rabies.

In the first case, three-year-old L.B.T. showed symptoms, such as vomiting and convulsions, before his family took him to a district hospital for examination.  

T. was then transferred to Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital for emergency treatment, with symptoms including respiratory failure, prolonged convulsions, profuse sputum secretion, and dread of wind and water.

Family members said T. often played with dogs and cats, and that a dog raised by the family recently died of unknown causes.

Doctors diagnosed T. with rabies.

Despite the treatment, the young boy eventually passed away.

The second patient, nine-year-old V.Q.H., also contracted rabies and did not survive.

Doctors said the patient did not receive any vaccination after coming into contact with an infected animal.

Rabies is a dangerous infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans mainly through bites or wounds, said Dr. Tran Van Cuong, head of the emergency department at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

The fatality rate of rabies is nearly 100 percent, and there is no specific treatment for the disease.

Vaccination is still the only effective way to prevent rabies for people bitten by dogs, Cuong stated.

Nearly 520,000 dogs are raised by residents in Nghe An, of which only 20 percent are vaccinated, according to the provincial department of livestock and veterinary medicine.

The province recorded five deaths by rabies in 2022.

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Two children from Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam have died following suspected dog bites.

Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital confirmed on Wednesday it had recently received two young patients in critical conditions.

Doctors believed that the patients had been bitten by dogs and were infected with rabies.

In the first case, three-year-old L.B.T. showed symptoms, such as vomiting and convulsions, before his family took him to a district hospital for examination.  

T. was then transferred to Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital for emergency treatment, with symptoms including respiratory failure, prolonged convulsions, profuse sputum secretion, and dread of wind and water.

Family members said T. often played with dogs and cats, and that a dog raised by the family recently died of unknown causes.

Doctors diagnosed T. with rabies.

Despite the treatment, the young boy eventually passed away.

The second patient, nine-year-old V.Q.H., also contracted rabies and did not survive.

Doctors said the patient did not receive any vaccination after coming into contact with an infected animal.

Rabies is a dangerous infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans mainly through bites or wounds, said Dr. Tran Van Cuong, head of the emergency department at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

The fatality rate of rabies is nearly 100 percent, and there is no specific treatment for the disease.

Vaccination is still the only effective way to prevent rabies for people bitten by dogs, Cuong stated.

Nearly 520,000 dogs are raised by residents in Nghe An, of which only 20 percent are vaccinated, according to the provincial department of livestock and veterinary medicine.

The province recorded five deaths by rabies in 2022.

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