Quang Tri (VNA) – A club of doctors from theVietnam Military Medical University are providing free medical checkups andmedicine for impoverished people from ethnic minority groups in the centralprovince of Quang Tri on July 18 – 19.
The charitable event is also joined by the veteransassociation of the Vietnam News Agency and Quang Tri-born people living inHanoi to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the Day of War Invalidsand Martyrs (July 27).
The doctors examined health of and offered free medicineto more than 500 ethnic minority people from four communes in the mountainousdistrict of Dakrong namely Ta Rut, A Ngo, A Bung and A Vao.
According to Vice Chairman of the Vietnam MedicalAssociation Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dinh Ngoc Sy, most of people coming to the eventsuffer from diseases related to dermatology, digestion, respiration and visionwhich are mainly caused by their old way of living and backward customs.
In addition, these people have very little access toscientific advances as they live far from the communal centre.
The 500 million VND (21,500 USD) programme is expected tobenefit more than 1,000 ethnic minority people.-VNA
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