People must now pay for H1N1 tests

VnnNews – Whether they are found to be negative or positive people having H1N1 tests will now have to pay

Previously, the national institute met athe demands of all people who wanted to have tests. Those people, who were found negative to H1N1, had to pay for the test, while those, who were found positive to H1N1, did not have to pay for test or treatment.

Also, if doctors decided that someone had to be tested, they did not have to pay regardless of the test result.

However, under the new decision, everyone has to pay for testing, though H1N1 patients will still be able to get free treatment.

The fee for testing is about $150-200.

“The epidemic has been spreading so rapidly, while the biological products are running out,” Ha said.

Vietnam is now having problems with biological products for H1N1 testing because it cannot make the products and cannot import as well. All the biological products now in use in Vietnam have been received through international aid. As the swine flu has become a pandemic in the world, the suppliers themselves are also having difficulties.

However, leaders of some hospitals which treat swine flu patients say biological products for testing is not really a big problem any more, as Vietnam no longer intends to test people on a large scale any more.

The Ministry of Health is now focusing on treating and supervising serious cases

Stronger patients should be isolated but taken care of at home and only hospitalised if things get worse.

In related news, local newspapers have quoted a survey as reporting that more than 60 percent out of 600 polled health workers don’t know that influenza A (H1N1) virus has 7-10 day incubation period.

Cam Quyen

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