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Pham Hoa Thuong (right), from Ninh Thuan province, who received heart and kidney from a deceased donor, is in sound condition. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The two patients transplanted with a heart and a kidney donated by a brain dead person in Hanoi are in sound condition and ready to be discharged from the hospital, Dr. Pham Thi Ngoc Thao, Deputy Director of the HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital said on March 19. On February 26, Cho Ray Hospital doctors received the heart and the kidney sent by the Hanoi-based 108 Military Central Hospital. The donor is brain dead 45-year-old soldier, who had an accident on duty. He has donated many organs, including kidneys, heart and corneas, for transplant for up to six patients. The heart was transplanted in 29-year-old Nguyen Quoc Hung with heart problems from Mekong delta Tien Giang province while the kidney was transplanted in 25-year-old Pham Hoai Thuong suffering the end-phase renal disease from central Ninh Thuan province. Associate … [Read more...] about Patients get on well with organs from brain dead donor

Scene at the event (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Hue Central Hospital and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s ASAN Medical Centre signed a cooperation agreement on regional- and international-level liver transplant programme in Hue city on October 16. Attending the signing ceremony were Prof. Dr. Pham Nhu Hiep, Director of the Hue Central Hospital, and Choi Ki-dong and Kim Dong-kwan, officials from the ASAN Medical Centre. Under the agreement, the ASAN Medical Centre will create conditions for the Hue Central Hospital to train high-quality human resources; send its leading experts to the Vietnamese hospital to share experience in liver examination, treatment and transplant; and offer remote consultations in complex cases. The signing is considered an important milestone in the two sides’ cooperation to help the Hue Central Hospital become a specialised medical centre on organ transplantation that meets regional and international standards. In addition, the … [Read more...] about Hue hospital, RoK’s medical centre cooperate in liver transplant

Doctors stand by VERSA HD at Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Tuoi Tre Cho Ray Hospital has begun using VERSA HD, the hitherto most modern piece of equipment in Vietnam integrating radiation-based therapy and surgery as its prominent feature. The machine enjoys great accuracy in forming a beam of radiation targeting an infected area inside the body, positioning the patient and visualizing tumors. It can deal with cancer related to the liver, lungs, stomach, breasts, and colon, and reduce side-effects from radiotherapy usually caused by its predecessors. Adopting VERSA HD makes the hospital a trailblazer in deploying various radiotherapy and radiosurgery techniques allowed by the system for the first time nationwide. Nguyen Truong Son, the infirmary’s director, said that the number of cancer patients in Vietnam tends to rise, with around 150,000 new diagnoses and 75,000 deaths from it every year.  Experts put the phenomenon down to climate change, … [Read more...] about ​Vietnamese hospital uses cutting-edge radiotherapy system

Cho Jae-ho wins first prize in the three-cushion carom category at the Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2018 (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Cueists of the Republic of Korea shone in the three-cushion carom category at the Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2018 held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8, bringing home the top four prizes. In the final round, Cho Jae-ho defeated his countryman Heo Jung-han 40-28 to win the first prize and pocketed cash worth 2,000 USD. Heo Jung-han received 1,200 USD in cash. Choi Sung-won and Kim Haeng-jik, both Koreans, shared the third prize, pocketing 600 USD each. The five-day event started from April 4 and featured 50 leading cueists, including 2017 Asian champion Nguyen Quoc Nguyen of Vietnam, world No 10, Choi Sung-won of the Republic of Korea, world No 12 and Vietnamese Tran Quyet Chien, world No 15. However, Vietnam’s billiard players did not perform well in the three-cushion carom category. In the one-cushion carom category, … [Read more...] about Korean cueists shine at Asian Carom Billiards Championship

A team of doctors perfomed the first lung transplant from a brain dead donor in Việt Nam at the 108 Military Central Hospital. (Photo courtesy of 108 Military Central Hospital) Hanoi (VNA) - Doctors at the 108 Military Central Hospital announced on March 16 that they successfully performed the first lung transplant from a brain dead donor in Vietnam, marking a huge step forward in the tissue and organ transplant field of military doctors, opening more opportunities for patients in Vietnam with dangerous diseases. A team of 60 medical experts and doctors, led by Prof. Mai Hong Bang, director of 108 Military Central Hospital took part in performing the transplant on February 26, 2018. Tran Ngoc Hanh, 52, from Nam Định province became the first Vietnamese to receive two lung transplants from a brain dead donor. Hanh was diagnosed with severe respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His condition was serious, and a lung transplant was the only … [Read more...] about Successful lung transplant from brain dead donor announced