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SOCIETY IN BRIEF 4/11
Island divers lack proper treatment for 'the bends' Decompression sickness, or " the ben ds", was a common and dangerous condition among Vietnamese fishermen who relied on deep sea diving to make their living but few hospitals had the ability to treat it effectively, health experts have said. Decompression sickness occurred following a sudden drop in the surrounding pressure when deep-sea divers ascended too quickly from a dive, said Dr Khuong Van Chu, deputy director of the Naval Medical Institute, which is located in northern Hai Phong port city. As they ascended to the surface and the pressure decreased, nitrogen formed bubbles in the blood and tissues which caused severe pain and possibly paralysis or even death, he said. A survey conducted on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago showed that six out of every 33 divers suffered from decompression sickness but few received proper first aid and treatment. Bui Van Van, a deep sea diver on Con Dao Island in southern Ba Ria-Vung … [Read more...] about SOCIETY IN BRIEF 4/11
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HCM City offers more DPT vaccines The HCM City Preventive Health Centre yesterday told health officials in districts to ensure the provision of the fourth shot of the combined vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) to children aged 18 to 48 months. Only 12,889 out of 108,679 children had received the DPT vaccine as of September 30. District 4 had the highest rate of DPT vaccinated children in the city, with 54 per cent. Dr Lê Hồng Nga, the centre’s general planning division, spoke at a monthly meeting on disease prevention with the city’s Department of Health held yesterday. The districts of Bình Thạnh, 7, Cần Giờ and Tân Phú had the lowest rate, under 10 per cent, she said. Health officials in many districts such as Tân Phú District put posters on walls of apartment buildings, kindergartens and schools, calling on parents to review the vaccination schedule of their children as well as the provision of the fourth shot. The city has not yet recorded any new … [Read more...] about Social News 8/10
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/10
Building in HCMC collapses, injures 11 11 workers were injured when a three-story building under construction in Ho Chi Minh City suddenly collapsed Saturday morning. The site of the collapsed building. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) The accident occurred at 8:30 am Saturday when 16 workers were working at the construction site near a swamp in Can Gio District's An Thoi Dong Ward. Of these workers, 11 were hit by or buried in the ruins of the collapsed building. They were later taken to the People's Hospital 115 for emergency treatment. Two of the victims are in serious conditions. Works on the building started two months ago and its owner has obtained a construction license, the ward police said, adding that the contractor has bought insurance for the construction. Some local residents blamed the collapse on the weak foundation of the house as it had been built next to a swamp. The ward's construction inspectorate and police are blocking the site and investigating the … [Read more...] about SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/10
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Commenting on “ Climate change needs long-term plan,” Tom Harris, Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) from Ottawa, Canada, wrote: “It is very unlikely that global warming will cause increased extreme weather. If the world warms due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures at high latitudes are forecast to rise the most, reducing the difference between arctic and tropical temperatures. Since this differential drives weather, we should see weaker mid-latitude cyclones in a warmer world and so less extremes in weather, not more.” It is also a mistake to blame human activities for current weather extremes. For example, the Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change (nipccreport.org) includes a study published this year in "Geophysical Research Letters", about the causes of the 2010 Russian heat wave. Researchers concluded that it "was due to internal atmospheric dynamical processes" and “it is … [Read more...] about About climate change, homosexuality, traffic rules, illegal foreign workers in Vietnam and others…