[VINMEC CENTRAL PARK] Early cardiovascular and stroke screening, improving quality of life

Recently, free “Screening cardiovascular and stroke” hosted by Vinmec Central Park hospital attracted numerous customers who are residents at Landmark 6 - Vinhomes Central Park

The screening program and health education hosted by Vinmec Central Park with guidance of doctors, experts have attracted residents from Landmark 6 to join. Here, customers get free checkups to screen for cardiovascular diseases. Thanks to that, many customers discovered symptoms related to hypertension and cardiovascular disease and have timely monitoring.

During the screening session, customers receive free medical examination, ultrasound and electrocardiogram. Through examination and direct consulting, the result shows 46,43% customers is having or having risk for cardiovascular disease, 12% diagnosed with high risk for hypertension and 14% customers advised to take additional advanced tests such as Hotler electrocardiogram 24 hours to screen for shock, risk for cardiac complication and myocardial infarction risk

The program not only provides opportunity for screening but also combined with health education, brings along crucial healthcare knowledge for customers. During the program, participants get direct consultation and health education by experts with many years of experience in the field.

Dr. Võ Thành Nhân - Vinmec Central Park Cardiology Center Director provides useful information about hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases to give customers a chance for better understanding about cause, symptoms and severity with each phase of the disease. Doctor also shared about myocardial infarction complications and methods to prevent myocardial infarction. Along with knowledge provided by Dr. Võ Thành Nhân is the sharing of crucial information on how to prevent stroke from Dr. Lê Kim Khánh, Head of internal Neurology Unit.
The program has provided essential knowledge through a first aid guide from Dr. Lê Thị Thanh Hương - Emergency Department. Customers get detailed instructions and hands-on practice according to doctor’s guidance on how to perform artificial respiration and CPR, along with important information on how to recognise suspicious myocardial infarction and stroke cases.

According to the Ministry of Health, around 200,000 people die from cardiovascular diseases each year in Vietnam. Over 50% of those cases are due to cerebrovascular diseases (statistics from 2019). Additionally, statistics from National Institute of Cardiovascular shows from 2000 to 2015, hypertension rate among adults in Vietnam increases about 1% each year and it has reached 25%. Given the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease, screening would help early detection of cardiovascular diseases' risk and avoid exacerbation as well as directly reduce the mortality rate. Not only bringing along chances for screening, this program also succeeded in spreading the message about protecting one’s health and the community’s well-being.