[Photos] 68th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day celebrated

27/02/2023 16:07

On February 27, 1955, President Ho Chi Minh delivered a letter to a conference of medical staff, praising their considerable efforts in saving the lives of many people.

Since then, February 27 has become the traditional day of the health sector, a day for all of society to express their respect and gratitude towards the “white coat” soldiers.

Additional measles - rubella vaccine shots are administered at a school in Hai Ba Trung district, Ha Noi

The Cardiovascular Center at the Can Tho Central General Hospital successfully operates on and saves the life of a patient with three-vessel coronary artery disease and a rare blood type by applying autologous blood transfusion techniques (November 2020)

A health worker in Ho Bon commune, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province, guides people on how to protect themselves from disease during the changing seasons

Emergency transportation of a patient by helicopter from Truong Sa Island to Military Medical Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh city

To quickly administer the COVID-19 vaccination programme nationwide to limit the spread of the pandemic, district-level health centres in Ha Noi strengthen their efforts, especially for the 3rd and 4th doses (August 2022)

Doctors at the Thu Duc District Hospital in Ho Chi Minh city successfully perform a coronary artery bypass on a 60-year-old patient, without using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (September 2020). This was one of the most advanced heart surgeries and normally only performed at large hospitals