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Colonel Rishi Raj, Commanding Officer of India’s L2FH, introduces the hospital’s operations to Vietnamese doctors. |
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Vietnamese doctors and nurses visit India’s L2FH. |
The visit aimed to enhance exchange and cooperation between the two hospitals at the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Earlier, a mission of India’s L2FH, led by its Commanding Officer Colonel Rishi Raj visited the Vietnamese hopsital during which the Vietnamese blue berets shared their experience in treating patients. Last July, the Vietnamese and Indian hospitals jointly organized an online training to raise capacity of healthcare and COVID-19 prevention and control for the first time.
During the visit to the Indian hospital, the Vietnamese delegation made a tour around its premises and learnt its SOP (standard operating procedure) process. This process has carefully built and updated over the past 12 years of operation of the hospital at UNMISS.
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Vietnam’s L2FH Rotation 3’s Commanding Officer Trinh My Hoa presents a special gift to Colonel Rishi Raj. The gift was a cake with fresh orange slices made by Vietnamese servicewomen. |
Apart from the aforementioned SOP process, the Indian peers also shared experience in handling and conducting intestinal obstruction surgeries for South Sudanese child patients within the framework of the Indian hospital's ultrasound techniques, X-ray support for Doctors Without Borders, and in treating difficult cases. Local civilian hospitals do not have ultrasound and X-ray machines.
Also, the two hospitals’ staff exchanged expertise, and shared experience in handling real-life situations in order to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment of L2FH at UNMISS.
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The party with delicious Vietnamese dishes |
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Traditional Vietnamese nem (spring rolls) |
As part of the visit, the two hospitals held sport, cultural and food exchanges. Their staff competed in a friendly volleyball match.
In the India-Vietnam food exchange, the Vietnamese side feasted international peers at Malakal base with many Vietnamese dishes for the first time. The food exchange with nearly 40 diners, including Leda Limann, Head of the UNMISS Field Office in Malakal, and other commanders of units garrisoned in the area.
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At the friendly volleyball match |
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Indian and Vietnamese “volleyball players” in a joint photo |
Expressing her delight at the fruitful partnership between the two hospitals, Ms. Leda Limann said that this was the first time she enjoyed delicious Vietnamese dishes. For his part, Colonel Rishi Raj expressed thanks to Vietnamese peers for a wonderful party with dishes that “fascinated us.”
On the occasion, the Vietnamese L2FH Rotation 3 presented the Indian hospital 25 seedlings from the hospital’s garden in Bentiu with a hope that these trees will grow up to create a green space for the Indian hospital which has moved to a new garrison place.
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Vietnam’s L2FH Rotation 3 visits Bangladeshi Navy’s L1FH. |
Also on this occasion, the Vietnamese hospital visited Bangladeshi Navy’s level 1 field hospital garrisoned by the White Nile. The two hospitals exchanged experience in treating cases of venomous snake bites, decompression syndrome, and drowning. The mission also visited and presented gifts to a Cambodian Military Police unit.
Reported by Mai Lien from Bentiu, South Sudan
Translated by Mai Huong