Winners of Alexandre Yersin Award honoured

A representative (centre) of the research “In Vitro Fertilization: Transfer of fresh embryos and frozen embryos is equally effective” receives the Alexandre Yersin award (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Swiss –
Vietnamese Medical Association (HELVIETMED) on July 26 presented the
prestigious to
the four best of Vietnamese scientists.

The award aims to honour outstanding medicine
publications by Vietnamese scientists for their international medicine
research.

The
award was given to “In Vitro Fertilization: Transfer of fresh embryos and
frozen embryos is equally effective” by Dr. Vuong Ngoc Lan and colleagues
from Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University; “Building the
model of fatality prognosis in emergency patients” by Dr. Ha Tan Duc from
Can Tho  Central General Hospital; “Effects of lean mass and
fat mass to osteoporosis” by Dr. Ho Pham Thuc Lan and colleagues from Ton
Duc Thang University in HCM City; and “Optimisation of Polymerase chain reaction (PRC) method for
septicemia diagnosis” by Dr. Ngo Tat Trung and colleagues from the Military
Central Hospital 108 in Hanoi.

The
winning studies were selected from more than 80 entries, which were appraised
by professors and doctors from Switzerland, France and Australia, based on scientific
quality, clinical and scientific influence, innovation and the prestige of the
scientific magazines the work was published in. 

Speaking at the awards ceremony, Othmar Hardegger, Swiss
Consul General in HCM City, highlighted the significance of the award named
after the Swiss-born physician and bacteriologist who made great contributions to Vietnam’s
and the world’s medicine.

Alexandre Yersin is a symbol of the cooperation and friendship
between Vietnam and Switzerland over the last 47 years, he said.

He expressed his hope the award is not just an honour for current Vietnamese
scientists but also drives others in the future.

The prize is named in honor of Dr. Alexandre Yersin
(1863 – 1943) who was a pioneer in medical research in Vietnam and discovered
the bubonic plague bacillus and Yersinia pestis. His research helped eliminate
the epidemic disease that killed millions of people over the century.

Yersin was
the founder and first head of Indochina Medical College, which is known as Hanoi
Medical University today.-VNA