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Cleft
lips and congenital facial defects. Burns from open-flame
cookers. Lower-extremity wounds from moped accidents.
These are some of the medical ailments the Vietnamese
face, due to genetic predisposition, possible chemical
exposure and the routines of daily life. Many talented
doctors exist to treat these patients, but their care
may be limited by inadequate access to medical equipment
and training.
Vietnam Relief Effort is trying to make a difference
on a few different fronts. We've bought critical textbooks
for doctors in northern Vietnam. In the past year or so,
the organization has also sponsored hundreds of eye
surgeries and cleft-lip surgeries in southern Vietnam.
And, VRE has led mobile medical missions to remote villages,
including Ha Tan Da Loc in central Vietnam, to provide villagers
with much-needed medical check-ups, medicine and provisions. We
are looking into providing further medical check-ups in central
Vietnam later this year, and establishing a formal system of
follow-up care for these villagers. Currently, many of these
villagers get little, if any, medical treatment or provisions,
much less follow-up care.
We're also researching a long-term
project to bring Vietnamese doctors to the United States
for six months to a year, to train them on the latest
technology and medical practices. The goal is to have
them return to their own hospitals and pass along the
knowledge to their staff.
Please let us know if you'd like to learn more about
any of these projects by e-mailing us at
inquiries@vietnamrelief.org. |
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