A health worker holds up a blood sample at the 09 Hospital in Hanoi
A health worker holds up a blood sample at the 09 Hospital in Hanoi November 30, 2010. The hospital is Northern Vietnam's first and only institution which provides treatment for HIV/AIDS patients suffering in the last stage of the disease. Established as a clinic for HIV/AIDS patients in 2002, the place was turned into a full-fledged hospital in December 2009. There are some 180,312 infected patients in Vietnam, according to a September 30, 2010 statistic report. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)