PANO - The Ho Chi Minh Youth Union Committee, in association with the municipal Department of Health, launched a festival themed "Young medical workers following President Ho Chi Minh's teachings to ensure community's health".

Young medical workers providing health check-ups to locals

The event drew the participation of over 1,000 doctors and youngsters in the city.

The young medical workers provided consultancy, information on mitigating disaster losses, nutrition information, free healthcare and medicines for citizens, and other services. They offered health checkups for over 600 needy people and policy beneficiaries and collected 250 units of blood in the city.

Translated by Huu Duc