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PANO - Doctors of the infirmary on Phan Vinh Island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago have performed an appendectomy for an officer.

Early in the morning of October 24th, non-commissioned Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Cong Bo from Army Corps 11, who was working on Nui Le Island, was in great pain in his stomach and experiencing a high temperature.

He was immediately transferred to the Phan Vinh infirmary in spite of high waves and strong winds.

After being hospitalized, his symptoms were diagnosed as acute appendicitis and he needed urgent surgery.

The patient is now recovering.

Translated by Van Hieu