Heart failure, coronary arteries increase

(Photo: flickr.com) According to Dr. Pham Manh Hung, deputy head of cardiology and cardiovascular intervention, Cardiology Institute, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, the industrial lifestyle is not moderated and sedentary. makes the number of patients with heart failure and coronary arteries increase sharply in big cities.

The Heart Institute is overloaded when an average of 20 cases of acute heart intervention are required each day (such as coronary arteries, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias). Half of them are interventions for coronary artery patients.

In addition to the heart diseases mentioned above, patients with cardiomyopathy also appear increasingly. The danger of myocardial dilatation has so far not found the cause, no specific treatment for the disease. Each month, the Institute of Cardiology still receives dozens of patients with heart muscle relaxation and treatment.

30% of people with HIV have access to medicines

According to Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh, deputy director of the Department of HIV / AIDS Prevention (Ministry of Health), only 30% of HIV patients nationwide have access to medicines. Specifically, the source of treatment for AIDS patients (ARV drugs) belongs to the national HIV / AIDS prevention program, which is mainly a source of foreign aid, only enough to meet the treatment for 6,000-7,000 people out of the total. 20,000 AIDS patients of Vietnam.

The reason AIDS patients have difficulty accessing ARV is because the system provides this specific drug at the stage of formation. The Department of HIV / AIDS Prevention and Training recently trained a part of the provincial health system in diagnosing, monitoring and prescribing drugs for AIDS patients - Dr. Kinh said.

In 20 provinces under the HIV / AIDS prevention project funded by the Global Fund, only 40 points provide drugs for AIDS patients. In Hanoi, the proportion of AIDS patients receiving ARVs is only 25%.

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