January 05, 2017 | 21:40 (GMT+7)
Vietnam, Singapore boost medical cooperation
PANO - A delegation of Singaporean experts, led by Prof. Tay Boon Keng from Singaporean General Hospital, and doctors of Military Hospital 175 of the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense launched a joint medical cooperation program on January 4.
The two delegations in a joint photo
During their four-day stay in Vietnam, the Singaporean delegation will provide a professional enhancement-training course for doctors and medical workers, and offer health check-ups and free surgeries to disadvantaged patients at the Vietnam's military hospital.
The two sides agreed on this year’s cooperation program under which the Singaporean side will provide training for nurses, transfer technologies on surgical treatment and orthopedics to doctors of Hospital 175 and send experts to help the Vietnamese military hospital train its staff, to name but a few.
Translated by Trung Thanh