THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 903/2003/QD-BYT
Hanoi, March 21, 2003
 DECISION
SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDING SECTION G, PART II OF THE "PROVISIONAL GUIDANCE FOR THE HANDLING OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS)", ISSUED TOGETHER WITH THE HEALTH MINISTER'S DECISION NO. 888/2003/QD-BYT OF MARCH 19, 2003
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 68/CP of October 11, 1993 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational apparatus of the Ministry of Health;
Considering the minutes of the March 21, 2003 meeting to gather comments of consultants in the field of contagion and epidemiology;
At the proposal of the director of the Therapy Department, the Ministry of Health,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To amend and supplement Section G, Part II of the "Provisional Guidance for the Handling of SARS," issued together with Decision No. 888/2003/QD-BYT of March 19, 2003, as follows:
1. Patients may be discharged from hospitals when they meet the following conditions:
- They have stopped running a temperature for at least 5 days without using febrifuge;
- Their life functions have become normal, they are in good physical conditions, eat and sleep as usual;
- The tested blood formula has become normal;
- Lung X-ray: Lung lesion has been stabilized or improved for over 48 hours after the patients have stopped running a temperature;