How to measure medical corruption? Tuan Anh Nguyen, a researcher at Hanoi University of Pharmacy, believes informal payments to doctors are "a dominant factor" in high prices of the older off-patent drugs that make up the lion's share of prescriptions in many emerging markets.
Tag - hospital
samedi 3 mars 2012
Vietnam study finds bribes dominate medicine prices
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 3 mars 2012, 09:19 - News in english
lundi 6 février 2012
Vietnam hospital fees set for five-fold increase
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 6 février 2012, 20:12 - News in english
Fees for hundreds of medical services at public hospitals are expected to increase up to five times the current rates issued in 1995, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen said at an online forum recently.
samedi 7 janvier 2012
Vietnamese man 'stable' after giant tumour removed
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 7 janvier 2012, 13:04 - News in english
A Vietnamese man was in a stable condition in hospital Friday after doctors removed a giant tumour from his right leg that weighed more than the rest of his body, hospital officials said.
lundi 21 juin 2010
Vietnam performs first human heart transplant
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 21 juin 2010, 08:47 - News in english
Vietnam has successfully performed its first human heart transplant, after many trials using pigs since August 2005, according to the Vietnam Military Medical University.
dimanche 12 avril 2009
Vietnam says no to privatising state-run hospital
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 12 avril 2009, 08:58 - News in english
HANOI — Vietnam's ruling Communist Party said state-owned hospitals will not be privatised, effectively ending a debate of the past few years over a plan to diversify ownership of treatment facilities in the health sector.
samedi 27 décembre 2008
Thousands of children hospitalised during Hanoi, HCM City cold snaps
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 27 décembre 2008, 08:45 - News in english
Cold weather is being blamed for thousands of children with diarrhea in Hanoi as well as the spread of colds and flu to thousands more in HCM City during the past few weeks.
dimanche 14 décembre 2008
Vietnam health officers to visit Malaysia
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 14 décembre 2008, 09:39 - News in english
BANGKOK - A group of doctors and health officers from Vietnam will visit Malaysia beginning Monday to explore health facilities and prospects for medical tourism in the country.
vendredi 21 novembre 2008
Overcrowded hospitals leave patients out in the cold
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 21 novembre 2008, 09:04 - News in english
Patients have died waiting for a doctor as some hospitals are filled with 10 times more patients than they can handle.
lundi 15 septembre 2008
Waste disposal at southern hospital endangers public health
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 septembre 2008, 19:31 - News in english
The heavy smoke emanating from Tien Giang Tuberculosis Hospital blows daily through the household of local resident Le Van Phuoc, carrying with it a putrid stench that pollutes the neighbourhood.
