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345 local elderly people under free eye check-up

Update: 09-10-2014 | 16:04:04

Provincial Center for Social Diseases Prevention and Control’s Ophthalmology has just held a delegation to provide free medical check-ups for elderly people in Ben Cat town’s Hoa Loi ward (photo) under the support of the Eye Care Foundation, a non-governmental organization of Holland.

As a result, there were 280 elderly people with conjunctivitis, cataract…The delegation also gave glasses for 161 elderly people. It is known that the charity program has a total expense of more than VND33mln, including around VND15mln for medicine. On this occasion, the delegation also presented 100 gifts funded by donors to those with difficult circumstances.

Since early this year, provincial Center for Social Diseases  Prevention and Control’s Ophthalmology has teamed up with physicians from HCM city-based Cho Ray hospital to provide free eye surgeries for 200 needy people. The program was funded by provincial Sponsoring Association for Disable People, Orphans and Poor Patients.

Reported by H.Thuan-Cam Ly-Translated by K.T

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