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Japan gives medical equipment as aid for Ninh Thuan

The Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2 presented medical equipment to the reproductive health care centre of the southern central coastal province of Ninh Thuan.
Japan gives medical equipment as aid for Ninh Thuan ảnh 1At the hand-over ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Ninh Thuan (VNA) – TheConsulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2 presented medical equipmentto the reproductive health care centre of the southern central coastal provinceof Ninh Thuan.

This is the second time the centre hasreceived aid from the Japanese government.

Director of the obstetrics centre HuynhThang Son said that in August 2015, the centre was granted a number of medicalequipment under the Japanese Government’s non-refundable assistance programme,which helped to raise quality of health treatment for local people.

To date, the centre has provided medicalcheckups for about 30,000 women and children in Ninh Thuan and neighbouringlocalities. The equipment has also enabled the centre’s staff to measure bonedensity for more than 700 patients, as well as provide cancer screenings foraround 400 women and handle 350 cases of abnormal pregnancy.-VNA

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