
Soc Trang (VNA) - More than 300 poor people and policy beneficiaries in BaTrinh commune in Ke Sach district of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang receivedfree medical checkups and medicines on January 18.
At the eventheld by the provincial military-civil hospital and the district’s FatherlandFront, local residents were also provided with counselling on the ways toprevent and treat various diseases such as rheumatism, cardiovascular and eyesdiseases.
On thisoccasion, over 300 gift packages worth more than 60 million VND (about 2,640 USD)were presented to policy beneficiaries and poor families.
SeniorLieutenant Colonel Doctor Huynh Huu Tri, director of the Soc Trang-basedmilitary-civil hospital, said that since the beginning of 2017, the hospitalhas provided free checkups and medicines for more than 2,000 poor people andpolicy beneficiaries with a total budget of over 300 million VND (13,200 USD),aiming to improve public health and raise people’s living standards.-VNA