Practicing EUS at Hue Central Hospital (Source: http://baothuathienhue.vn)Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The
and Vietnam Federation for Digestive
Endoscopy held a on November 22-23 at the Hue Central Hospital
to improve knowledge and skills for 30 doctors from general hospitals in the
central region.
An endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a
procedure that uses sound waves to create visual images of the internal organs
in the chest, abdomen and colon
Participants were updated with new EUS
techniques from the region’s leading experts in this field, particularly Prof.
Kenjiro Yasuda from Japan’s Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital and Prof. Pankaj
Desai from Asian EUS India. The two professors practiced endoscopic ultrasound
on multiple patients.
The Hue Central Hospital in the central
province of Thua Thien-Hue has worked to train doctors ar provincial-level
hospitals in the central region, aiming to increase the quality of health
check-ups and treatment and reduce overloads at central-level hospitals.
Director of the hospital Pham Nhu Hiep said
that in October alone, the hospital held 13 training courses for more than 400
doctors in the province and other central localities.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
