ExxonMobil funds medical equipment purchase in Quang Nam
Through the VinaCapital Foundation, ExxonMobil Vietnam Company Limited on May 25 donated 50,000 USD to purchase medical equipment for district-level hospitals in central Quang Nam province.
The signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)The hospitals benefiting from the donation are in the districts of Phu Ninh, Que Son, Hiep Duc, Tien Phuoc, Nam Tra My, Bac Tra My, Phuoc Son and Nong Son.
Aside from medical equipment, the money will also be used to organise training courses for health workers in an effort to improve local healthcare services in the province’s mountainous areas.
Speaking at the handing-over ceremony, Deputy Director of the provincial Health Department Huynh The Vinh pledged to instruct the targeted hospitals to effectively operate the sponsored equipment.
Since 2011, ExxonMobil Vietnam has granted 500,000 USD through the VinaCapital Foundation, benefiting more than 1 million children in central Da Nang city, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces.-VNA
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