Can you come every few days for repeat dressing changes?

Yes — this is a core, everyday part of the service, not an unusual request. Plenty of the wound care we do is exactly this: a nurse or doctor returning every 2 to 3 days over several weeks to change a dressing, clean the wound and check that healing is on track, for example after a surgically repaired fracture. We can set up a recurring schedule from the start, and we'll use the same nurse or doctor where possible so they know your wound's history at each visit.

I had surgery in another city — can you handle my recovery here?

Yes. This comes up often with medical tourism — you might have had a procedure in Ho Chi Minh City but be recovering at a hotel in Da Nang, or arrived in Vietnam already stitched up from surgery done abroad. The visiting nurse or doctor reviews your situation and any discharge instructions or paperwork you have, then manages your ongoing wound care from there — dressing changes, cleaning, and monitoring healing — even though they weren't the ones who operated on you.

What if my wound looks infected — do you still just change the dressing?

No, and this is important: spreading redness, warmth, pus, red streaking away from the wound, or a fever are signs of infection, not something a routine dressing change addresses. If the visiting nurse or doctor sees these signs, they'll tell you plainly and help you get to a hospital rather than simply rebandaging the wound. If you notice these signs yourself between visits, don't wait for the next scheduled appointment — call 115 or get to the nearest hospital.

Do you treat wounds from a motorbike accident or other injury?

Yes. Road rash, cuts and other wounds from a motorbike accident are a common reason people book this service, once the wound has been assessed and any urgent injuries ruled out. If the accident just happened and you're not sure how serious it is, see our guide to motorbike accident injuries in Vietnam first — it covers honest triage for road rash, burns and worse, including when you need a hospital rather than a home visit.

How do I book wound care, and what does it cost?

Contact us with your city, your accommodation, and a short description of the wound — what happened, when, and whether it's a surgical site, a discharge from hospital, or an accident injury. We confirm the visit and, if you need ongoing care, set up a recurring schedule from there. We don't publish set prices on this page since it depends on the wound and how many visits you need — see our guide to what a home doctor visit costs in Vietnam for how recurring-visit pricing works, or contact us directly for a quote.

Wound Care & Dressing Changes at Your Hotel or Home in Vietnam

What This Service Covers

At its core, this is dressing changes done properly and consistently: the old dressing is removed, the wound is cleaned with an antiseptic solution, and a fresh sterile dressing is applied. But a visit is more than a bandage swap. The visiting nurse or doctor also checks how the wound is actually healing — whether it's closing as expected, whether the surrounding skin looks normal, and whether anything about it has changed since the last visit or since you left the hospital. Searching for mobile wound care near you somewhere in Vietnam? This is exactly that service: the nurse travels, you don’t.

If your discharge plan includes a suture or staple check or removal at a certain point in your recovery, that can be part of an ongoing course of visits too, timed to when your surgeon or the hospital told you it should happen. Every visit is a fresh assessment, not a repeat of a fixed script — the nurse or doctor looks at the wound in front of them and adjusts the plan if it's healing faster, slower, or differently than expected.

One-Off Visits or a Full Recurring Course

Some people need exactly one visit: a wound check before a flight home, or a single dressing change because the person who normally does it isn't available. That's a completely normal way to use this service.

Just as often, wound care means coming back again and again over an extended period. A surgically repaired fracture, for instance, might need dressing changes and wound cleaning every 2 to 3 days for two to three weeks while the site heals. That kind of recurring schedule isn't an edge case here — it's a routine, well-supported use of the service. We can set up the schedule from the first booking, and where possible we send the same nurse or doctor to each visit, so they know the wound's history and can spot small changes that a stranger to the case might miss.

Common Situations We See

Post-surgery recovery, including medical tourism. Someone has a procedure done in one Vietnamese city and is recovering in another — for example, surgery in Ho Chi Minh City with the recovery period spent at a hotel in Da Nang. We also see travellers who arrive in Vietnam already stitched up from a procedure done abroad. In both cases, the visiting nurse or doctor reviews your situation and any discharge paperwork you were given, then takes over the ongoing wound care from there.
Discharge care after a hospital stay. You've been treated as an inpatient and sent home or back to your hotel with a wound that still needs regular attention while it finishes healing, without another hospital admission.
Wounds from an accident. Road rash, cuts and other injuries — a motorbike accident is the most common cause we see. See our guide to motorbike accident injuries in Vietnam for honest triage on what needs a hospital first versus what can move to routine wound care.
Any wound that needs professional eyes while you're travelling. Even a wound that doesn't feel dramatic is harder to judge and manage yourself in an unfamiliar country, without your usual pharmacy or the products you'd normally reach for at home.

Response Times by City

The service is the same wherever you're booking from — a licensed clinician, sterile single-use supplies, a real assessment at every visit — but each city has its own team and its own honest response time. In Da Nang, visits typically happen within 1 to 3 hours of booking. In Hoi An, our Da Nang-based team usually arrives within 45 to 60 minutes of a confirmed booking. In Ho Chi Minh City, allow a few hours, since traffic decides more than distance does. In Phong Nha, our local team typically arrives within about 1 hour 30 minutes of a confirmed booking. In Dong Hoi, our local team typically arrives within about 30 minutes, and as fast as 10 minutes for urgent cases. For a recurring course, we work out a repeat schedule with you once the first visit has assessed the wound.

When It's No Longer Just a Dressing Change

Call 115 (Vietnam's emergency number) or get to a hospital immediately if you notice any of these around a wound:

Spreading redness that extends beyond the wound edge or keeps growing
Warmth or swelling around the wound that's increasing rather than settling
Pus or foul-smelling discharge
Red streaking running away from the wound along the skin
Fever, chills, or feeling generally unwell alongside the wound
Increasing pain instead of gradually improving pain

These are signs of a possible wound infection, and they change what the visit needs to be. A routine dressing change is for a wound that's healing as expected; it isn't the right response to a wound that's actively getting worse. If the visiting nurse or doctor sees these signs, they'll say so plainly and help you get to a hospital instead of simply reapplying a bandage. If you notice these signs yourself between scheduled visits, don't wait for the next appointment — call 115 or get to the nearest hospital.

Paperwork and Cost

Each visit ends with a written note on what was done and how the wound looks, useful if you need to show your insurer or your surgeon back home that the wound was being professionally managed. We don't publish set prices on this page, because cost depends on the wound, how often it needs attention, and how many visits a full course involves. See what a home doctor visit costs in Vietnam for how recurring-visit pricing generally works, or contact us directly and we'll give you a realistic estimate once we know what the wound needs.