Fees to be waived for quarantined patients

Patients quarantined in medical offices and border gates will be exempted from paying hospital fees, according to a new Government decree.

Decree 101/2010/ND-CP, issued on September 30, includes detailed regulations on a number of points in the Law on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, which was put into force on July 1, 2008.

Individuals will be quarantined if they are found to suffer from infectious diseases which can spread quickly and lead to a high number of fatalities, including polio, A-H1N1 flu, smallpox, cholera, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, diphtheria and rabies.

People will be isolated at border gates if the above diseases are discovered while they are trying to leave or enter the country.

The exemption will not apply to patients isolated in their own homes.

Patients will be isolated to their homes if they visit known epidemic areas or come into contact with patients suffering from the relevant diseases.

If isolated patients catch another disease during their quarantine, they will be required to pay hospital fees related to its treatment.

"At present, there has been no reported remarkable increase of these diseases," said Do Trung Dung, a doctor at the Viet Duc Hospital.

Patients may not be isolated in medical offices for more than 21 days or at border gates for more than two days.

The Decision will go into effect on November 15./.

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Fees to be waived for quarantined patients

HA NOI — Patients quarantined in medical offices and border gates will be exempted from paying hospital fees, according to a new Government decree.

Decree 101/2010/ND-CP, issued on September 30, includes detailed regulations on a number of points in the Law on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, which was put into force on July 1, 2008.

Individuals will be quarantined if they are found to suffer from infectious diseases which can spread quickly and lead to a high number of fatalities, including polio, A-H1N1 flu, smallpox, cholera, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, diphtheria and rabies.

People will be isolated at border gates if the above diseases are discovered while they are trying to leave or enter the country.

The exemption will not apply to patients isolated in their own homes.

Patients will be isolated to their homes if they visit known epidemic areas or come into contact with patients suffering from the relevant diseases.

If isolated patients catch another disease during their quarantine, they will be required to pay hospital fees related to its treatment.

"At present, there has been no reported remarkable increase of these diseases," said Do Trung Dung, a doctor at the Viet Duc Hospital.

Patients may not be isolated in medical offices for more than 21 days or at border gates for more than two days.

The Decision will go into effect on November 15. — VNS

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Brain haemorrhage deaths up 30-35%

HCM CITY — The rate of patients dying of brain haemorrhages was between 30-35 per cent, warned Dr Nguyen Anh Tai, head of HCM City-based Cho Ray hospital's Neurology Faculty.

Cho Ray Hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in the city, received about 1,200 patients during the first six months of this year. More than 40 patients were treated at the hospital on Tuesday alone.

"People's failure to control their hypertension is the most popular cause of the disease, which makes blood vessel break and overflow into brain tissue," says Dr Tai.

The patients who survive often suffer from a loss of motor skills and physical mobility.

"The recovery rate for most patients is limited," he says.

The disease is preventable in 80 per cent of cases, but Tai said the issue receives little attention from the public.

The abuse of drugs and alcohol can prompt the disease, he says.

Brain haemorrhages can attack people of any age, but the old and males, particularly those of over 50 years old, are the most vulnerable to the disease. Male patients account for 60 per cent of the hospital's total patients.

Tai says people should take simple measures to prevent the disease, including checking their blood pressure, having regular health check-ups, maintaining a healthy diet, exercising and avoiding alcohol and drug abuse. — VNS

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