US volunteer doctors offer free health checkups to Cao Bang’s poor
A team of American volunteer doctors provided free medical examinations for about 2,570 poor people in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang from July 9 – 19.
US volunteer doctors from the Good Samaritan Medical Dental Ministry provide free medical checkups to poor people in Tra Linh district, Cao Bang. (Photo: VNA)
Cao Bang (VNA) – A team of American volunteerdoctors provided free medical examinations for about 2,570 poor people in thenorthern mountainous province of Cao Bang from July 9 – 19.
The medical aid workers from the Good Samaritan MedicalDental Ministry (GSMDM) also offered free medicine to people from the districtof Bao Lam, Bao Lac, Ha Quang, Tra Linh and Hoa An.
After the medical screening, 53 people who needed acutehospital care were admitted to Cao Bang General Hospital. Twenty six of them receivedsurgeries from the US doctors at the provincial health care facility while fourothers were transferred to central hospitals.
In addition, the team presented 500 gift packages to pre-schoolchildren and elementary school students in the communes of Quang Thanh (NguyenBinh district), Hong Quang (Quang Yen district), Binh Duong and Bach Dang (HoaAn district).
During a meeting with the team on July 19, Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee Hoang Xuan Anh awarded the doctors withcertificates of merit in recognition of their contribution to the ruralcommunity in Cao Bang.
Founded in 1999 by a Vietnamese-American doctor, Vien Doan, the GSMDM sends a team of physicians, surgeons, dentists,optometrists, pharmacists and students to the rural poor in Vietnam throughfield clinics and surgical services, provided at no cost.
The first GSMDM team, including one physician and fouryoung adults, made their trip to Vietnam in the summer of 2000. Theytreated 1,100 people in 10 days in the Mekong Delta on a budget of 12,000 USD.
Since then, more and more volunteers, including manyVietnamese-American medical workers and students, have joined the team. –VNA
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US volunteer doctors from the Good Samaritan Medical Dental Ministry provide free medical checkups to poor people in Tra Linh district, Cao Bang. (Photo: VNA)
