US volunteer doctors from the provide to poor people in Tra Linh district, Cao Bang. (Photo: VNA)Cao Bang (VNA) – A team of American volunteer
doctors provided free medical examinations for about 2,570 poor people in the
northern mountainous province of Cao Bang from July 9 – 19.
The medical aid workers from the Good Samaritan Medical
Dental Ministry (GSMDM) also offered free medicine to people from the district
of Bao Lam, Bao Lac, Ha Quang, Tra Linh and Hoa An.
After the medical screening, 53 people who needed acute
hospital care were admitted to Cao Bang General Hospital. Twenty six of them received
surgeries from the US doctors at the provincial health care facility while four
others were transferred to central hospitals.
In addition, the team presented 500 gift packages to pre-school
children and elementary school students in the communes of Quang Thanh (Nguyen
Binh district), Hong Quang (Quang Yen district), Binh Duong and Bach Dang (Hoa
An district).
During a meeting with the team on July 19, Chairman of
the provincial People’s Committee Hoang Xuan Anh awarded the doctors with
certificates of merit in recognition of their contribution to the rural
community in .
Founded in 1999 by a Vietnamese-American doctor, Vien Doan, the GSMDM sends a team of physicians, surgeons, dentists,
optometrists, pharmacists and students to the rural poor in Vietnam through
field clinics and surgical services, provided at no cost.
The first GSMDM team, including one physician and four
young adults, made their trip to Vietnam in the summer of 2000. They
treated 1,100 people in 10 days in the Mekong Delta on a budget of 12,000 USD.
Since then, more and more volunteers, including many
Vietnamese-American medical workers and students, have joined the team. –VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
