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Doctors updated with endoscopic ultrasound techniques

Doctors in central region updated with endoscopic ultrasound techniques

The Asian Endoscopic Ultrasound Group and Vietnam Federation for Digestive Endoscopy held a training course on November 22-23 at the Hue Central Hospital to improve knowledge and skills for 30 doctors from general hospitals in the central region.
Doctors in central region updated with endoscopic ultrasound techniques ảnh 1Practicing EUS at Hue Central Hospital (Source: http://baothuathienhue.vn)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – TheAsian Endoscopic Ultrasound Group and Vietnam Federation for DigestiveEndoscopy held a training course on November 22-23 at the Hue Central Hospitalto improve knowledge and skills for 30 doctors from general hospitals in thecentral region.

An endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is aprocedure that uses sound waves to create visual images of the internal organsin the chest, abdomen and colon

Participants were updated with new EUStechniques from the region’s leading experts in this field, particularly Prof.Kenjiro Yasuda from Japan’s Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital and Prof. PankajDesai from Asian EUS India. The two professors practiced endoscopic ultrasoundon multiple patients.

The Hue Central Hospital in the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue has worked to train doctors ar provincial-levelhospitals in the central region, aiming to increase the quality of healthcheck-ups and treatment and reduce overloads at central-level hospitals.

Director of the hospital Pham Nhu Hiep saidthat in October alone, the hospital held 13 training courses for more than 400doctors in the province and other central localities.-VNA
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