HEALTH
Thursday ,Apr 09,2009, Posted at: 15:53(GMT+7)
Vietnamese eye surgeons leave trail of goodwill in Cambodia
Vietnamese doctors who went on a charity mission in Cambodia perform an eye surgery on a poor patient (Photo: SGGP)

Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital and 175 Military Hospital and employees of Alcon healthcare company have completed a five-day charity mission to Cambodia, the director of the eye hospital, Dr. Tran Thi Phuong Thu, said on April 8.

They provided free treatment and medicines to 300 people and performed cataract surgeries on 207 others at Preahketmealea hospital in Phnom Penh.

The mission cost over VND130 million (US$7,300).

Previously, the city Eye Hospital also carried out free treatment and examination in Cambodia and Laos.

By T.Ngoc - Translated by Uyen Phuong
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