In the two-day program, ending on August 4, the first stop was the clinic of Huong Son commune, Quang Tri province’s Huong Hoa district. Right in the early morning, the clinic was filled with hundreds of local people.
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Leaders from Military Hospital 268 talk with local people. |
Le Trong Tuong, Chairman of Huong Son commune People’s Committee, informed that Huong Son is among five needy communes in Khe Sanh Defense-Economic Project Area. Over 90 percent of the commune’s population live in poverty. Though the locality has received much care from higher levels’ Party committees, authorities, and departments, its health system still faces many difficulties, thus the care for local people’s health remains limited.
Sharing difficulties with local Van Kieu ethnic minority people, medical staff from Military Hospital 268 tirelessly examined, gave diagnosis, health consultations and medicines to over 250 people. During the program, the medical staff also instructed them on how to prevent diseases, eat and drink scientifically, and properly use medicines.
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In this meaningful program, medical staff from Military Hospital 268 provides health check-ups and medicines for over 550 people. |
In the framework of the program, the hospital presented 20 gifts to local policy beneficiary families and other disadvantaged families.
Saying goodbye to Van Kieu ethnic minority group, the mission headed to Thuong Trach border commune in Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province where over 300 local ethnic minority people had their health checked.
Also in Bo Trach district, the mission handed over 50 gifts to local families in need.
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Free medicines given to locals |
Wounded soldier Ho Dang, aged 94 in Niu village, Thuong Trach commune joyfully said that he felt at ease after being cared and provided with health consultation. He shared that he lost a leg in a battle in Vietnam - Laos border area. The wound relapses whenever the weather changes, causing pain and fatigue.
Holding medicines after health examination, 74-year-old Dinh Vo from Khe Rung village, Thuong Trach commune, shared that her house is far from the heath facility, thus she was happy when receiving health check-up and expressed thanks to the military medical staff.
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Seventy gifts presented to policy beneficiary families and disadvantaged ones |
According to Chairman of the Thuong Trach commune People’s Committee Dinh Cu, the commune has 18 villages, 719 households and 3,209 people. The weather in this mountainous commune is harsh, badly affecting local people’s health. In addition, local people live in hard conditions, thus it is difficult for them to care for their health. Therefore, such a program helped improve the healthcare for locals, and enhance solidarity between troops and people, leaving deep impression on ethnic minority people in the locality.
Senior Colonel Dang Trang Huyen, Director of Military Hospital 268, said that the program demonstrated the sentiments and responsibility of the hospital’s personnel for ethnic minority people who have supported the Vietnam People’s Army in general and the armed forces of Military Region 4 in particular in the national salvation in the past and current Fatherland building and defense cause.
Translated by Mai Huong