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Free health care services, medicine provided to Cambodians

A volunteer doctor delegation from the Borger Guard High Command of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has given free health checkups and medicines to locals in Ta Nga and Choong villages of Angonmias district, Cambodia’s Rattanakiri.
Free health care services, medicine provided to Cambodians ảnh 1The programme benefits about 400 locals in the two villages (Source: thanhnien.vn)

Kon Tum (VNA) – A volunteer doctor delegation from the BorderGuard High Command of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has given freehealth checkups and medicines to locals in Ta Nga and Choong villages ofAngonmias district, Cambodia’s Rattanakiri.

The programme is heldannually in Cambodian localities sharing the border with Kon Tum, aiming tofurther foster the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and theneighbouring country.

In the two villages, doctorsprovided checkups and medicines with total value of 60 million VND for over 400poor locals.

Alongside, the doctorseducate the local residents about preventive measures against malaria, denguefever and diarrhea.

Ta Nga and Choongvillages are remote areas of Rattanakiri, which face many difficulties in accessinghealth care services.

Phat Sam Bath, aleader of Angongmias district, said that the free checkups and medicine byVietnamese border guards significantly help ease difficulties for locals in thevillages, showing the close cooperation between the two countries’ localities.

According to LieutenantColonel Nguyen Quang Cong from the Kon Tum Borger Guard High Command, theprogramme has contributed to enhancing information exchange and sentiments ofpeople along the border for each other.

It also contributes tothe building of a borderline of peace, stability and sustainable developmentbetween the two countries, he added.-VNA 
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