Health Authorities-Skin Infection-Skin Disease-Vietnam

Vietnam seeks foreign help after skin disease kills 19

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Health Authorities will seek foreign assistance to deal with a resurgence of a mystery skin infection that has already killed 19 people in the central region and terrified villagers, state-run media reported on Saturday. The disease was first reported between April and December last year, with doctors unable to identify the cause and it has re-emerged in a mountainous district of Quang Ngai province. One village was reported to be in a state of terror over the death of a resident, and altogether 171 people reported infections on palms and the soles of their feet. ... read more..

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Hospital Officials-Vietnam

Doctors to remove Vietnamese man's 90kg tumour

A man left unable to walk by a tumour on his right leg that weighs more than the rest of his body went under the knife in Vietnam on Thursday to have the growth removed, hospital officials said. read more..

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