Giving Tet gifts and providing free medical examination and medicine to the poor in the border commune of Ky Son

My Ly commune is more than 50 km from the district center, with more than 1,000 households living along the Vietnam - Laos border belt. The commune has 12 villages, with 3 ethnic groups: Thai, Mong, and Kho Mu living together, the poverty rate is still over 73%. In 2018, My Ly was one of the localities that suffered heavy damage due to floods, with more than 40 houses flooded, 52 houses were in urgent evacuation.

Representatives of Vinh City Youth Union and Vinh City General Hospital presented 20 gifts, each worth 500,000 VND, to extremely disadvantaged households in My Ly commune. Photo by Lu Phu.

In order to share the difficulties and bring a fuller and warmer Tet to the people here, Vinh City Youth Union and Vinh City General Hospital presented 160 warm uniforms, 160 school bags, 160 woolen hats and more than 3,000 notebooks to 160 students of My Ly Primary School; presented 150 warm clothes and 1.5 tons of rice to 150 poor households; and 20 gifts, each worth 500,000 VND in cash to 20 extremely poor households in the commune.

The total value of the above gifts is 210 million VND, contributed by officers and employees of the 2 units and mobilized from donations from benefactors.

On this occasion, the delegation also presented many gifts to 160 students of My Ly Primary School. Photo: Lu Phu.

On this occasion, 25 doctors and nurses of Vinh City General Hospital organized general internal examination, surgery, musculoskeletal examination, eye examination, ear, nose and throat examination, ultrasound, electrocardiogram, ear, nose and throat endoscopy... for local people.

Volunteers from Vinh City General Hospital examined more than 300 people in My Ly commune. Photo: Lu Phu

During the examination, the doctors discovered some of the main diseases that people often encounter, such as: gastritis, osteoarthritis, vestibular disorders, allergic rhinitis, otitis media, etc.

Doctors examine and provide health advice to help people prevent diseases and improve their health. Photo: Lu Phu

Through the examination, the hospital's volunteers enthusiastically instructed people on how to prevent some common diseases, helped people raise awareness of self-care for their health and their families, and provided free medicine (worth 40 million VND) to more than 300 poor people in the border commune of My Ly./.