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VN helps Laos build medical diagnosis centre

The Hanoi-based NTC group broke ground for the construction of a medical diagnosis centre in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on May 30.
The Hanoi-based NTC group broke ground for the construction of a medicaldiagnosis centre in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on May 30.

Prominent among the guests at the groundbreakingceremony were Lao Health Minister Ponmek Dalaloy and Vietnamese MinisterCounsellor in charge of economic affairs of the Vietnamese Embassy inLaos Tran Manh Cuong.

The 800,000 USD project includeda four-storey building equipped with a computerised tomography scanner,a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, radiology technology andother modern medical equipment. It is scheduled to be completed withinnine months.

Addressing the ceremony, the Lao HealthMinister underlined the significance of the centre, which he said wouldsupport the government's goal of a healthier population, while reducingpeople’s travel time to get their symptoms diagnosed.

This was the first step towards a fully modernised health system and asymbol of the comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam ,he said./.
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