Community-based health care

In the third quarter of 2019, all levels of Provincial Red Cross actively propagated and raised officials and members’ awareness of environmental protection, keeping clean water sources, food safety and hygiene, fire and explosion prevention, dengue prevention...

As a result, 14 propagation and communication sessions were carried out for 1,840 officials and members. First-aid locations timely gave first aid and transferred 96 traffic accident cases. In addition, Provincial Red Cross of all levels also cooperated with charitable medical delegations, private oriental medicine clinics, general clinics to give free health examination and medicine to nearly 101,300 poor patients; organized 19 voluntary blood donations and received 4,219 blood units. The total value of community-based healthcare activities in the third quarter reached over VND 6.5 billion, helping 105,239 people.

Reported by Cam Ly – Translated by Ngoc Huynh