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Health centre of Truong Sa township - source of support for Vietnamese at sea

Equipped with modern equipment and skilled medical workers, the health centre of Truong Sa township in the island district of Truong Sa, central Khanh Hoa province, has become a source of support for local residents and military personnel as well as fishermen working at sea.
Health centre of Truong Sa township - source of support for Vietnamese at sea ảnh 1A boy has his temperature checked at the health centre of Truong Sa township (Photo: VNA)
Khanh Hoa (VNA) –Equipped with modern equipment and skilled medical workers, the health centreof Truong Sa township in the island district of Truong Sa, central Khanh Hoaprovince, has become a source of support for local residents and militarypersonnel as well as fishermen working at sea.

From a three-member medicalteam of the Defence Ministry’s Military Hospital 175, based in Ho Chi MinhCity, the health centre now has 10 staff members and is capable of providingmedical check-ups and long-term treatment.

The application of thetelemedicine system has also helped greatly raise the rates of people gettingexamined and cured successfully.

Captain Phan Quang Thinh,head of the healthcare centre, said the telemedicine system has proved usefulfor selecting the best treatment regimens, helping medical workers save thelives of many fishermen and military personnel.

Health centre of Truong Sa township - source of support for Vietnamese at sea ảnh 2Health centres across Truong Sa archipelago have provided examination and medicine for more than 56,000 patients over the last five years (Photo: VNA)
The centre has also receivedpatients from other island communes for treatment, he noted.

It is now capable of givingfirst aid and treatment to patients with many acute diseases like heart attack,gastrointestinal bleeding, appendicitis, respiratory failure, blood poisoning,and stroke.

Over the last five years, healthcentres across Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago of Vietnam have providedexamination and medicine for more than 56,000 patients and given emergencytreatment to more than 400 cases.

The increasingly modernhealthcare system on the country’s seas and islands is believed to be a sourceof support for military officers and soldiers to continue firmly safeguardingthe Fatherland’s sky and sea areas, and for fishermen to keep working at sea,thus sustaining the connectivity between the mainland and maritime areas ofVietnam./.
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