Agent Orange victims receive free surgery
VNA - March 13, 2003
About 90 of 300 poor Agent Orange victims have received free-of-charge operations at Nguyen Dinh Chieu Polyclinic in Mekong Delta Ben Tre province.
The programme was part of a project to support poor Agent Orange victims. The project is funded by Norway's Co-operation and Development Agency through the Vietnam Red Cross's Fund in Support of Agent Orange Victims.
In addition, 100 such victims have received functional surgery conducted by Tran Van An Traditional Medicine Hospital, and 80 others were given free wheelchairs.
More than 2,000 disabled people and Agent Orange victims have also benefited from another two-year project funded by the US and Swiss Red Cross Societies.
The project has been carried out since 2001 in the provinces of Ha Nam, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Dong Nai, and Da Nang city and Hanoi at a total cost of US $362,000.
As a result, the disabled and Agent Orange victims in the projected provinces have received better care, vocational training and wheelchairs. They have also received assistance in repairing their houses and improving their daily lives materially and spiritually. Hundreds of people have been given free-of-charge medicines and medical treatment, including functional rehabilitation.
