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Novartis is the sole pharmaceutical firm among a total of 34 units that were honored for their efforts and outstanding contributions to the Digital Transformation of the Healthcare Sector in 2020, at the National Digital Transformation Congress. Over the years, Novartis has always been a leader in the implementation of digital transformation and technology application in the health sector. This has been creating a premise in supporting and implementing digital activities such as building an electronic medical record system, deploying digital transformation in the fields of online public services, medical publicity, remote examination and treatment, etc. Novartis’ significant achievements in Digital Transformation In 2020, Novartis became the first to apply the Doctuiqy platform in organizing activities connecting healthcare professionals to update scientific knowledge. The company has also cooperated with healthcare organizations and Hello Bac Si to increase public health awareness in Vietnam through digital platforms, partnered with Samsung SDS to apply Brightics RA artificial intelligence technology in routine screening of eye diseases. Furthermore, to improve the quality of its programs and activities, Novartis has invested in technical infrastructure and constructed its own Studio room to conduct online conferences, seminars, etc. Notably, Novartis has partnered and sponsored for healthcare organizations to successfully implement the program named “Tam Diem” – a forum providing the latest scientific information for cardiologists. The weekly online seminars series have help update specialized knowledge as well as create an academic environment for the specialist to discuss and share their experiences.  The units honored for their efforts and outstanding contributions to the Digital Transformation of the Health Sector in 2020. Following the successes, in late 2020, Novartis launched MedHub - a Novartis Vietnam’s website …

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Vietnam has recorded no more new coronavirus cases during the past 12 hours, according to the Ministry of Health in its 06.00hrs update on February 12, the first day of the lunar New Year (Tet). COVID-19 preventive measures have been tightened at gateways to many localities to prevent the spread of the virus to the wider community Earlier the ministry confirmed an additional 31 cases on February 11 afternoon, including 27 cases in Hai Duong province, the country’s biggest coronavirus hotspot. As many as 383 people have been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Hai Duong since the virus recurred two weeks ago. The fresh outbreak has spread to 13 cities and provinces across the country, with 553 cases confirmed. Overall, a total of 2,140 people have been infected with the virus in Vietnam since the first case was recorded in January 2020. Of the total, 1,531 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital. Among the remaining cases in health facilities, 38 patients have tested negative for the virus at least once. According to the Ministry of Health, an elderly coronavirus patient in Da Nang city, central Vietnam, who suffers from hypertension and diabetes (type II), is in critical condition as he relies on ECMO, a life support therapy. During a national consultation on February 11, leading health professionals said the patient’s health is deteriorating similar to the British pilot’s several months ago. The British patient had grabbed local and global headlines after battling for life against COVID-19 in Vietnam for several months. He recovered from the disease and returned to his hometown last July. …

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Mr. Nguyen Van Be, 71, in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, after a clinical death, oddly recovered from being sightless and voiceless. He is now voluble and a ball of fire as if he had never put up with impairments. Mr. Be speaks about sudden inexplicable illness of over 40 years. He was born into poverty, which gave rise to the need to follow his father to laboriously work for a living since he was little. He started his own family at the age of 26, and the tough life never left him. On an afternoon in 1977, while working with others, Mr. Be, a heathy 27-year-old breadwinner, all of a sudden felt malaise and shakiness, and collapsed on the ground and fainted. He then was hospitalized and was unconscious for three days. Waking up surrounded by people, he was powerless to verbally respond to the attention given to him. He realized he had lost the ability to even utter a word, despite the longing to talk. He grabbed a piece of paper and wrote “want to chat but unable to produce speech”. He had turned mute. One month of treatment in a Can Tho hospital did not identify the causes of his inability to speak. He still could hear and had normal health. Clinics in the newly liberated time when facilities weren’t at their best, and were unable to offer him extensive analysis as wished. His family had to earn living by making baskets to sell at the market. His three children were also needy and couldn't provide him with much financial support for a medical cure. During 20 years of nonverbal communication, Mr. Be remained optimistic, thankful at least for being literate and having hearing. He tried to lead a normal life with no consideration of himself as disadvantaged. “I gradually got accustomed to the sound of his clap every time he wanted to talk. After one short run when I got to him, he would start writing things down on a paper,” recalls Mai Thi De, 71, Mr. Be’s wife. The worst was yet to come. On an October morning in 1997, during a …

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