The Centrals Highland province of Gia Lai’s Association for Victims ofAgent Orange (AO)/Dioxin inaugurated a detoxification centre for AOvictims, the first of its kind in the province, on June 5.
Thecentre has a total investment of over two billion VND (95,000 USD),including two steam rooms, a medical examination room, a canteen and arehabilitation room.
The centre is designed to purge the body ofdioxin, a toxic contaminant of contained in herbicides dubbed AO, forover 13,000 victims in the province, contributing to improving thehealth and living condition of the entire community.
Theprogramme has been carried out in the northern province of Thai Binhsince 2012; over 1,200 local AO’s victims have received treatment, allof whom saw positive results.
Following Thai Binh province,Military Medical Institute 103, the central city of Danang and Ha Tinh,Gia Lai is the fifth province to implement the programme.
From1961 to 1971, the US Army sprayed more than 18.2 million gallons ofAgent Orange onto more than 10 percent of the land in southern Vietnam.
It is estimated that more than 4.8 million Vietnamesewere exposed to AO/dioxin. Many of the victims have died, while millionsof their descendants are living with deformities and diseases due toits effects.-VNA
Thecentre has a total investment of over two billion VND (95,000 USD),including two steam rooms, a medical examination room, a canteen and arehabilitation room.
The centre is designed to purge the body ofdioxin, a toxic contaminant of contained in herbicides dubbed AO, forover 13,000 victims in the province, contributing to improving thehealth and living condition of the entire community.
Theprogramme has been carried out in the northern province of Thai Binhsince 2012; over 1,200 local AO’s victims have received treatment, allof whom saw positive results.
Following Thai Binh province,Military Medical Institute 103, the central city of Danang and Ha Tinh,Gia Lai is the fifth province to implement the programme.
From1961 to 1971, the US Army sprayed more than 18.2 million gallons ofAgent Orange onto more than 10 percent of the land in southern Vietnam.
It is estimated that more than 4.8 million Vietnamesewere exposed to AO/dioxin. Many of the victims have died, while millionsof their descendants are living with deformities and diseases due toits effects.-VNA
