PANO - A delegation from the Central Military Hospital 108 provided free health check-ups and medicines to people in Hung Dao commune and adjacent communes and wards of Cao Bang City, in the mountainous northern province of Cao Bang.

A doctor from the Central Military Hospital 108 handing over free medicines to the locals.

On November 5th, more than 2,000 examined locals were diagnosed with heart diseases, piercing pains in the bones and joints, stomach aches, pneumonia, and hepatitis. Besides receiving medicines, they were given consultations on better caring for themselves and their family members.

As planned, during the two-day drive ending on November 6th, the delegation offered phacoemulsification for 25 people, free medicines for 5,000 locals, gifts to local policy beneficiaries and poor students as well as handed over three gratitude houses to families of beneficiaries.

Associate Professor, Doctor, and Senior Colonel Le Huu Song, the hospital’s deputy director, said this annual event is among several activities in response to the movement of “the Army joins hands in building new-styled rural areas”  to consolidate military-civilian ties, ensure social welfare and build stronger local political establishments.

Translated by Ha Thanh