Mr. Nguyen Van Lu (An Tin hamlet, Lam Dot commune) shared that he had always been in a state of anxiety when there was a change in the weather and he got ill as the district’s medical station is tens of kilometers away from his house. Since the establishment of the A Dot civilian-military clinic by A Dot Border Post under the provincial Border Guard Command from 2015, Lu and local people have felt secure because they can receive treatment from border guard doctors here.
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First aid given to a child patient |
Lu held that border guard doctors wholeheartedly take care of local residents no matter what the weather is like. Even they arrive in patients’ houses to provide medical services. “Everyone loves them and considers them their family members,” he added.
Thanks to modern facilities, the clinic is able to give emergency aid and first aid to the recipients. Annually, the clinic also joins with other civilian-military clinics along the Vietnam-Laos shared borderline to provide health check-ups, consultancy, and free medicines for thousands of residents, policy beneficiaries, and needy households.
In addition, border guard doctors actively disseminate and mobilize local people to raise their awareness of disease prevention and control, hygiene, and environmental protection.
Major Nguyen Van Chi, a staffer at the clinic, said that most of the population in the border areas are ethnic minority with low literacy rate, and they don’t pay much attention to protecting their health. Thus, apart from treating those in need, Chi and his peers also visit local communities to instruct them on how to practice personal hygiene measures and prevent diseases like diarrhea, dengue, and other infectious diseases.
At present, there are five civilian-military clinics in A Luoi district. Since their establishment, these clinics have met treatment demands of not only local people but also their Lao neighbors. Many seriously-ill patients have been saved promptly by border guard doctors.
Captain Un Kham, political officer of Border Protection Company No.531 of the Laos’ Sekong provincial Military Command, said that he has taken a number of Lao people to the A Dot civilian-military clinic for first aid and treatments. “Vietnamese border guard doctors proactively support us,” stressed Captain Un Kham.
Besides, personnel in civilian-military clinics in A Luoi district has also taken part in vaccination programs as well as worked with functional units in response to natural disasters.
Deputy Chairman of A Luoi district People’s Committee Nguyen Van Hai emphasized that the border guard force’s civilian-military clinics have contributed to improving the capacity of local medical network, especially in border communes. Now local people have chance to easily access to medical services. Notably, border guard doctors have supported local authorities in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
With their high sense of responsibility and sympathy, border guard doctors always treat local patients like their relatives, making contribution to beautifying the image of Uncle Ho’s soldiers in the country’s border areas.
Source: bienphong
Translated by Minh Anh