At the event (Photo: VNA)HCM City
(VNA) – The (VOH), the local official radio
broadcasting station, together with the municipal Health Department hosted the first
ceremony on February 26 to honour 16 contributions
to the in 2020 from across the nation.
The contributions were voted by the public from 22
nominations selected by the award’s council of professionals. Three months after its
launch, the award received more than 60 nominations from medical facilities
nationwide.
Among the winners were the work of doctors at the Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital – the first of its kind in Vietnam, and medical staff at
the HCM City Centre for Diseases Control. Since the pandemic begin in the
country, hundreds of medical workers in Ho Chi Minh City have taken turns to be
at the hospital, while preventive medicine workers at the centre have worked
day and night on contact-tracing and testing sample collection.
Another was the operation that separated 16-month-old
conjoined twins – Truc Nhi and Dieu Nhi, with the sisters now able to walk on
their own. The surgery was performed by
93 doctors and nurses.
VOH Director Le Cong Dong said the award is now an annual event
in celebration of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
Duong Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s
Committee, hoped the award will encourage more contributions to the health of
the community to be made in the future./.
Source: VietnamPlus
