Detoxification-treated AO victims leave hospital
Twenty-four people from the central city of Da Nang, who have
high dioxin concentrations in their blood, were discharged from Military
Hospital 103 in Hanoi on October 11 after a month-long
detoxification course.
Twenty-four people from the central city of Da Nang, who have high dioxin concentrations in their blood, were discharged from Military Hospital 103 in Hanoi on October 11 after a month-long detoxification course.
During the treatment course, they were given special therapeutic methods such as, saunas and massages and exercised to eliminate the dioxin. They were also given vitamins and nutritious food rations every day.
The victims were discovered to be contaminated with dioxin as part of a project to survey and control dioxin contamination at Da Nang airbase.
The airbase is one of the three of their kind where US troops used to store Agent Orange buckets used to drop the defoliant on Vietnam ’s forests.
More than 5,000 people in Da Nang City are confirmed to have been contaminated with dioxin, of whom 1,400 are children.
According to Phan Thanh Tien, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang Agent Orange/dioxin Victims Association, the association plans to organise a similar treatment phase for 16 others later this month.
The Da Nang AO/dioxin Victims Association plans to build a dioxin detoxification centre in Thanh Khe district.-VNA
During the treatment course, they were given special therapeutic methods such as, saunas and massages and exercised to eliminate the dioxin. They were also given vitamins and nutritious food rations every day.
The victims were discovered to be contaminated with dioxin as part of a project to survey and control dioxin contamination at Da Nang airbase.
The airbase is one of the three of their kind where US troops used to store Agent Orange buckets used to drop the defoliant on Vietnam ’s forests.
More than 5,000 people in Da Nang City are confirmed to have been contaminated with dioxin, of whom 1,400 are children.
According to Phan Thanh Tien, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang Agent Orange/dioxin Victims Association, the association plans to organise a similar treatment phase for 16 others later this month.
The Da Nang AO/dioxin Victims Association plans to build a dioxin detoxification centre in Thanh Khe district.-VNA
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