The Ministry of Health established the Council for Research on Muscle Atrophy

After the Ministry of Health's mission returned to Ha Tinh to examine the muscular atrophy, the Ministry of Health will set up a specialized research committee on this disease locally.

One patient with deltoid muscle sclerosis was unexplained

On November 23, Prof. Dr. Truong Viet Dung, Director of the Department of Science and Training, Ministry of Health, said: On December 25, a delegation of the Ministry of Health will come to Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province to see Review the specific situation. It is currently determined to be Delta muscular atrophy.

The team of doctors in the Orthopedic Department, Central Children's Hospital, is conducting surgery for cases of Delta muscular atrophy. According to the initial test, these cases only need to separate the fibers as normal growth muscle. Certainly the cause is not due to the vaccination program because if it is due to vaccination, only one age group will get it. However, the disease occurs at different ages, including older cases.

Prof. Dr. Truong Viet Dung said that if the cause of the natural environment is very difficult. It is impossible to move people out of this area. Whatever the cause, the Ministry of Health will work with relevant ministries to find out and soon make a final conclusion so that people can be assured.

Recently, the public is very shocked to know that Nghi Xuan district has 600 children with Delta muscular atrophy, which is unknown. This disease causes them to be deformed in the body, limbs, shoulders, muscles that are not as normal as humans.

At present, the district has 320 children with serious illness, growing age, declining health, being disfigured in form, inferior to friends, adversely affecting learning. Some children are at risk of dropping out. This situation has adversely affected the future of a young generation in this region.