Young doctors in Nghe An follow Uncle Ho's teachings and volunteer for community health

Volunteer for people's health

In May 2023, thousands of Nghe An people were examined and given free medicine at the "Young Doctors Festival following Uncle Ho's teachings". The festival was organized by the Youth Union, Youth Unions at all levels in coordination with the Nghe An Provincial Young Doctors Association and Young Doctors Clubs of districts, cities, and towns...

Thousands of people across the province participated in the "Young Doctors' Festival following Uncle Ho's teachings, volunteering for community health" in 2023. Photo: Document

At the festival organized by the Provincial Youth Union, Nghe An Provincial Youth Union, Nghe An Provincial Young Physicians Association in Do Luong district, young doctors and nurses examined, provided health consultation and distributed free medicine to 300 people and children in My Son commune, Do Luong district; implemented the "Bowl of Gratitude Porridge" program at Do Luong District General Hospital; gave gifts to poor households, policy beneficiaries, and children in difficult circumstances...

In localities, the "Young Doctors' Festival following Uncle Ho's teachings" took place very enthusiastically and practically: The "Young Doctors" Club of Ky Son district examined and provided free medicine to the people of Muong Ai commune; The "Young Doctors" Club of Thanh Chuong district examined and provided free medicine to 130 children of Thanh Lam commune; The "Young Doctors" Club of Anh Son district examined and provided free medicine to serious illnesses and disabled people in remote areas; The "Young Doctors" Club of Con Cuong district organized examinations, screenings, health consultations on thyroid, abdominal ultrasound, and gynecological examinations for people in Don Phuc commune.

The "Young Doctors" Club of Nam Dan district gives gifts to poor people in the area. Photo: Document

In addition to medical examination and medicine distribution activities, during the festival, the Youth Union and Association organizations also coordinated to train teachers and students on injury prevention and control, basic first aid methods; provided free haircuts and shampoos to patients, gave bowls of charity porridge, instructed students on disease prevention and control measures; deployed the "Free Wardrobe" model for patients in difficult circumstances...

Sharing about the "Young Doctors' Festival following Uncle Ho's teachings" in his homeland, Dr. Tran Van Cuong - Chairman of the Young Doctors' Association of Nghe An province said: The festival is an annual activity held on the occasion of the anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, demonstrating the sense of responsibility of young people, young doctors and physicians determined to follow Uncle Ho's teachings, contributing their efforts and knowledge to the cause of protecting, caring for and improving people's health.

Over the years, young doctors in Uncle Ho's homeland, with the spirit of loving the sick, have constantly volunteered, worked side by side with medical agencies, political and social organizations to take the lead in medical examination, treatment, and health care for the people...

Dr. Tran Van Cuong - Chairman of the Young Physicians Association of Nghe An province provides humanitarian medical examination and treatment to people affected by natural disasters in Ky Son district. Photo: Thanh Chung

The "Young Doctors" Clubs have implemented many programs and activities aimed at the community such as health check-ups, consultations and free medicine distribution for people in difficult circumstances in remote areas; disease prevention propaganda and nutrition consultation for people; "Bowl of love porridge", "Pot of charity porridge", "Zero-dong stall", "Free wardrobe", "Free bread cabinet" at hospitals and medical centers; "Bringing singing to the sick"; "Humanitarian blood donation"; "Live blood bank"...

A typical example is the "Young Doctors" Club of Thai Hoa town, which has proactively coordinated with organizations such as the Youth Union, Youth Union, Town Medical Center, Northwest Regional General Hospital and social organizations and units, actively organizing and implementing free medical examination and medicine distribution for policy beneficiaries, families with meritorious services to the revolution, disabled children, people in areas affected by natural disasters, floods and poor people in the locality.

Free medical examination and medicine distribution for people in remote areas. Photo: Document

Doctor La Van Khoi - Head of the "Young Doctors" Club of Thai Hoa town said: The club currently has over 100 members, gathering young medical staff and workers in the area. In addition to free medical examination and medicine distribution activities, the club maintains the program "Clean hair, warm love" to cut hair and clean for seriously ill patients; maintains the program "Bowl of love porridge" every day for poor patients. The club's activities do not stop at Thai Hoa town but have "reached out" to mountainous areas in the province.

According to statistics of the Nghe An Provincial Young Physicians Association, in the period of 2016-2022, the Provincial Young Physicians Association and the "Young Physicians" Clubs of districts, cities and towns have organized 310 medical examinations, treatment, health consultations and free medicine distribution for more than 95,000 people, with a total value of medicine distribution of over 10 billion VND; organized more than 80 "Voluntary Red Blood Drops" programs attracting thousands of doctors and nurses to donate blood, collecting more than 10,000 units of blood for patient treatment; organized free eye surgery for over 250 people.

The team of young doctors has played a pivotal role, taking the lead in preventing and fighting the epidemic. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Also during this period, the Covid-19 epidemic broke out, the team of young doctors played a core role, taking the lead in disease prevention and control, participating in supporting concentrated quarantine areas, propagating disease prevention and control methods in residential areas, schools, and hospitals; actively participating in the vaccination campaign to ensure progress; consulting and caring for F0 at home and post-Covid-19 diseases, contributing to helping Nghe An effectively prevent and control the epidemic.

Dr. Tran Van Cuong - Chairman of the Young Doctors Association of Nghe An province also said: In 7 support trips with 304 cadres, doctors and nurses supporting epidemic prevention and control for provinces such as: Ha Tinh, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai... the majority of participants were young doctors. They rushed to the front lines to control, surround and promptly extinguish outbreaks that were at risk of breaking out.

Cultivate virtue, practice talent, multiply good deeds

Following Uncle Ho's teachings in building the country's medicine in general, in recent times, young doctors in the province have continuously strived to study, practice, improve medical ethics and constantly innovate in scientific research... This initiative clearly demonstrates the feelings, responsibilities, roles and attitudes of young people, demonstrating the depth of medical ethics.

Doctor Tran Duc Trong - Vinh City General Hospital implements percutaneous nephrolithotomy technique. Photo: Thanh Chung

With the help, coordination and guidance of leading professors and doctors, over the past 6 years, young doctors in Nghe An have researched more than 500 scientific topics, many of which are highly appreciated and applied to effective treatment practices for patients.

Typical examples include: Detection of JAK2 V6117F gene in myeloproliferative diseases using Allen-specffic PCR; PCR diagnosis of Philladelphia translocation (BCR/ABL) P210, P190 at Nghe An General Hospital by Mr. Nguyen Vo Dung - Vice Chairman of the "Young Doctors" Club of Vinh city; Implementation of percutaneous nephrolithotomy technique at Vinh City General Hospital by young doctor Tran Duc Trong...

In addition to promoting creativity in scientific research, young doctors and physicians in Nghe An province always promote their pioneering and creative role in building a scientific working environment, improving work efficiency, especially the quality of medical examination and treatment, aiming to serve the people better, taking patient satisfaction as a measure of professional ethics.

Young doctors at the Northwest Regional General Hospital created a new body temperature measuring device to control the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Thanh Chung

There have been many creative and outstanding models such as: The "Young Doctors" Club of Vinh City General Hospital implemented the quality management model "5S - Screening, Arrangement, Cleanliness, Care, Readiness", limiting errors and incidents in the care and treatment process, ensuring patient safety, at the same time, creating habits for medical staff to work more conveniently and effectively; The model "Mobile clinic - Mobile examination vehicle" is fully equipped with modern equipment and machinery for on-site health examination, saving travel time, giving quick and accurate results of the "Young Doctors" Club of Hoang Mai town.

Or when the Covid-19 epidemic situation became complicated, the young medical teams at Yen Thanh District Medical Center, Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai Town, Vinh Medical University created a splash-proof helmet and prepared hand sanitizer to prevent and limit the epidemic; Doctors and nurses of the "Young Doctors" Club of the Northwest General Hospital designed an automatic hand sanitizer robot, limiting direct contact between people, supporting the work of preventing and fighting the epidemic to achieve the highest efficiency.

Free medical examination and treatment for people in Thach Ngan commune, Con Cuong district. Photo by Thanh Chung

The efforts and achievements of the young doctors of Nghe An in recent years are extremely commendable. Mr. Cao Xuan Thao - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Youth Union Movement Committee, Vice President of the Nghe An Young Doctors Association shared: In the coming time, the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union, the Provincial Youth Union, and the Nghe An Young Doctors Association will continue to have activities to encourage and motivate young doctors to continue to compete in cultivating virtue, practicing talent, dedicating their talents and youth to the cause of protecting, caring for and improving people's health, contributing to the development of Nghe An into a high-tech medical center in the North Central region.

Activities under two major programs, namely "Young doctors pioneering and being creative in scientific research and quality improvement" and "Young doctors volunteering for community health"... aim to encourage young doctors to participate in scientific research and be the head of research topics, promote the application of medical achievements in medical examination and treatment activities, apply information technology in management, medical examination and treatment, and preventive medicine; encourage young doctors to participate in the movement of volunteering to examine, provide free medicine and implement public health programs in the community with the motto "Where there are young doctors, there are volunteer activities for community health".

In the past time, the Association has organized to honor 60 typical young doctors of Nghe An with outstanding achievements in the fields of treatment, disease prevention, scientific research, and volunteering for public health in the whole province. The Association has also continued to propose the Nghe An Department of Health to reward 10 other typical young doctors... The Nghe An Young Doctors Association will continue to build more new typical factors, creating a widespread impact, Mr. Cao Xuan Thao clearly stated./.

Thanh Chung