Hand Foot Mouth Diseases on the Rise

03:06, 30/06/2011

(ĐN)- The Health authorities in Dong Nai province said that the province has entered a peak season for hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). 

(ĐN)- The Health authorities in Dong Nai province said that the province has entered a peak season for hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). 

In Dong Nai Paediatrics Hospital, about 300 to 400  children were tested for the disease per day on average, of these, between 30 and 40 patients were hospitalised each day.

The number of inpatients with HFMD in Dong Nai Paediatrics Hospital has reached 250, accounting for 30-40 percent of the total patient population.

Reported by Bich Huong