Free X-rays for people at high-risk of contracting TB are provided by a project administered by the HCMC Public Health Association with Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital.(Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Four more hospitals have been asked to join thecity's tuberculosis (TB) prevention programme and treat patients with thedisease.
The hospitals include the Sai Gon General Hospital, FV Hospital, Vu AnhInternational General Hospital, and Hoa Hao Medical Diagnosis Centre.
According to Dr Nguyen Huu Lan, the deputy head of the city's steeringcommittee for TB prevention programme, five public and private hospitalscurrently admit and treat these patients, including the Phoi Viet-Centre ofRespiratory Disease Treatment, Military Hospital 175, April 30 Hospital,Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and Sai Gon Hoan My General Hospital.
Other hospitals provide short treatment periods of fewer than 21 days. Theseinclude the University Medical Centre, Cho Ray Hospital, An Binh Hospital,Paediatrics Hospitals 1 and 2, and Xuyen A General Hospital.
These hospitals have contributed to increased detection of new incidences ofTB. The number of newly detected cases accounts for 30 percent of the city’stotal. Nearly 16 percent to 19 percent of the total are treated at thesehospitals.
More than 350 private clinics are also working with the committee, which willcooperate with the city's Public Health Association to expand TB treatment toall 24 districts. The project is currently being carried out in 8 districtsincluding Go Vap.
Dr Nguyen Trung Hoa, director of Go Vap District Health Centre, said thatmedical clinics taking part in the project are paid 200,000 VND for each TBdetection. The centre pays clinics for drugs and X-rays, and patients pay theiradditional treatment costs.
Vietnam aims to reduce the prevalence of patients with TB to under 131 per100,000 and the ratio of people dying due to TB to under 10 per 100,000 by2020.
The country also targets reducing the rate of patients with multidrug-resistantTB to less than 5 percent of total new incidences nationwide. - VNS/VNA
The hospitals include the Sai Gon General Hospital, FV Hospital, Vu AnhInternational General Hospital, and Hoa Hao Medical Diagnosis Centre.
According to Dr Nguyen Huu Lan, the deputy head of the city's steeringcommittee for TB prevention programme, five public and private hospitalscurrently admit and treat these patients, including the Phoi Viet-Centre ofRespiratory Disease Treatment, Military Hospital 175, April 30 Hospital,Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and Sai Gon Hoan My General Hospital.
Other hospitals provide short treatment periods of fewer than 21 days. Theseinclude the University Medical Centre, Cho Ray Hospital, An Binh Hospital,Paediatrics Hospitals 1 and 2, and Xuyen A General Hospital.
These hospitals have contributed to increased detection of new incidences ofTB. The number of newly detected cases accounts for 30 percent of the city’stotal. Nearly 16 percent to 19 percent of the total are treated at thesehospitals.
More than 350 private clinics are also working with the committee, which willcooperate with the city's Public Health Association to expand TB treatment toall 24 districts. The project is currently being carried out in 8 districtsincluding Go Vap.
Dr Nguyen Trung Hoa, director of Go Vap District Health Centre, said thatmedical clinics taking part in the project are paid 200,000 VND for each TBdetection. The centre pays clinics for drugs and X-rays, and patients pay theiradditional treatment costs.
Vietnam aims to reduce the prevalence of patients with TB to under 131 per100,000 and the ratio of people dying due to TB to under 10 per 100,000 by2020.
The country also targets reducing the rate of patients with multidrug-resistantTB to less than 5 percent of total new incidences nationwide. - VNS/VNA
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