Dr. Nguyen Huu Chi,
President of HCMC Liver and Gall Bladder Association and Deputy Manager
of Infectious Disease Department at the City Medical University said at
the 5th Annual Hepatitis Symposium organized by Roche Vietnam that
almost 10-20 percent of the population in the country is infected with
Hepatitis B virus.
Dr. Chi added that most of
the patients don’t show any symptoms until their liver is seriously
damaged. Therefore, treatment and cure in the last stages of the disease
proves very costly.
Roche Diagnostics, the
world’s leading vitro diagnostics company, reaffirmed its commitment to
the management of Hepatitis in Vietnam at the Symposium.
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