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Ha Tinh: Great physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong remembered

A ceremony was held on March 5 in Huong Son district, central Ha Tinh province, to mark the 224th death anniversary of Great physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac.
A ceremony was held on March 5 in Huong Son district, central Ha Tinhprovince, to mark the 224th death anniversary of Great physician HaiThuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac.

Permanent Vice Chairmanof the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Thien gave a keynote speechon Hai Thuong Lan Ong’s life and professional career as a physician.

During 40 years of research, he had collectedadditional 305 Vietnamese medical herbs, and over 2,850 remedies fortreating various diseases from predecessors, Thien said.

Le Huu Trac was the author of a memorable work on traditional medicineknown as “Hai Thuong y tong tam linh”, the encyclopedia of VietnameseTraditional Medicine. This encyclopedia, which has 22 chapters making up66 volumes, has become a classic in the field, providing a valuablesource of knowledge for later generations of herb-doctors, the ViceChairman added.

The UNESCO recognised the GreatPhysician as a world cultural and well-known man for his greatcontribution to the development of traditional medicine and culture ofthe world.

For her part, Deputy Minister of HealthNguyen Thi Xuyen praised the past efforts of herb doctors to inherit,preserve and develop the traditional medicine sector, notably theirself-training and mixed uses of traditional medicine and modern drugs.

She hoped the doctors will keep up their good work to improve treatment quality in the future.

During the event, some 69 outstanding individuals in the sector wereawarded by the Ministry of Health (MoH) together with the launch of acharitable clinic at Hai Thuong Ecotourism Park.

Earlier, a delegation of the MoH and the province’s leaders paid tributeto and planted memorial trees at Hai Thuong Lan Ong’s grave site andhis memorial house.

Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac was born in 1720 in Yen My district, northern Hung Yen province.-VNA
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