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Health centre supporting Vietnamese expats in Poland during pandemic

LOTUS, a health care centre set up under Vietnam-Poland cooperative efforts, is assisting Vietnamese people in the European country in handling testing procedures for COVID-19, free of charge.
Health centre supporting Vietnamese expats in Poland during pandemic ảnh 1A health worker tests samples to diagnose COVID-19 at a lab in Warsaw, Poland, on May 14 (Photo: PAP/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - LOTUS, a healthcare centre set up under Vietnam-Poland cooperative efforts, is assistingVietnamese people in the European country in handling testing procedures forCOVID-19, free of charge.

The centre began the assistance on May 25, asVietnamese expatriates in Poland have significant demand for coronavirustesting.

Those with ambiguous symptoms must pay for thetests, and many others, especially manual labourers, have encountereddifficulties in accessing testing services due to limited language skills and thelack of a bank account.

LOTUS will provide free support for Vietnamesepeople to complete procedures for registering for tests at the Diagnostyckalaboratory, including registering online, completing paperwork, paying feesonline, and preparing for testing.

Tests for COVID-19 at medical centres in Warsawcurrently cost 534 PLN (120 EUR) each. Results are available in 48 hours or 72hours on the weekend.

Established in October 2009 as a joint stockcompany, LOTUS is the first concern of its kind set up under the two countries’cooperative efforts in Poland.

Poland has a large Vietnamesecommunity of some 25,000 people./.
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