German Doctors Provide Free Operations

Free check-ups and surgeries have been provided for poor people with hare lips, cleft palates and scars in Can Tho City and other provinces in the Mekong Delta. Volunteer doctors and nurses from Germany's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Humanitarian Organization (Interplast) in collaboration with the Can Tho Odonto-Maxillo Eye and Facial Surgery Hospital and the Sponsor’s Association for the Poor in Can Tho City are conducting the operations. According to Nguyen Thanh Hoa, the hospital’s Director, almost 200 patients have registered for surgeries and the cost will be covered by Interplast. This is the fourth time such program has taken place in the Mekong Delta. (vov.vn Mar 15)