On the afternoon of November 22, Mr. Le Van Khoa - Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Health said that a group of 50 doctors and nurses from Ho Chi Minh City had coordinated with the local health sector to deploy medical examination and treatment in areas heavily affected by floods.
Currently, floodwaters on rivers in Khanh Hoa have receded, people have begun to return home to clean up and overcome the consequences. This is also the time when many potential health risks such as epidemics, shortages of medicine and essential health care needs arise.
As soon as the doctors and nurses arrived in Khanh Hoa, the Department of Health coordinated forces to increase to the West of Nha Trang, Dien Khanh, Khanh Vinh... to support medical examination, medicine supply, and health monitoring for people.
During his time working in Khanh Hoa, the Ho Chi Minh City health sector supported 1,000 bags of household medicine to distribute immediately to people in flooded areas.
It is expected that in the coming days, Ho Chi Minh City will continue to provide about 10,000 bags of family medicine to serve urgent needs after natural disasters.
Khanh Hoa Department of Health Director Le Van Khoa highly appreciated this timely support. He said that the increased medical force from Ho Chi Minh City has helped people in flooded areas access medical services as quickly as possible, contributing to stabilizing public health.
Up to now, floods have killed 14 people, causing preliminary damage of more than VND1,000 billion; 15,396 houses were flooded 1-3m deep, more than 13,300 hectares of rice, crops, and fruit trees were damaged.
In that situation, the Politburo assigned Ho Chi Minh City to directly support Khanh Hoa in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.
During a visit on the morning of November 22 to the flooded areas of Dien Dien commune, Mr. Tran Luu Quang - Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee said that the locality will closely coordinate with Khanh Hoa to deploy key forms of support, closely following reality.
Support contents include: Environmental treatment after flooding, reinforcement of schools - health stations, and many other urgent items for people.
Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storms and floods
Consecutive storms and floods caused by storms have caused many deaths, missing people, and injuries; many houses and production and business establishments have had their roofs blown off and suffered heavy damage. People across the Central and Northern Mountainous provinces are struggling day and night to cope with floods and heavy losses in human lives and property that cannot be counted...
"A piece of food when hungry is worth a package when full", with the spirit of mutual love that has always been a beautiful image of the Vietnamese people, the Golden Heart Social Charity Fund calls on domestic and foreign philanthropists to join hands to share with people affected by floods to have food, clothing, shelter, students have books to go to school...
The Golden Heart Social Charity Fund would like to sincerely thank the precious feelings of agencies, businesses, and domestic and foreign philanthropists.
Please send any help to: Golden Heart Social Society Fund, No. 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Phone: 024.39232756. Account number (STK): 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi. STK: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank - Hanoi Branch, STK: 12410001122556 - at BIDV - Hoan Kiem Branch. Or scan the following QR code:
