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Outreach clinic completes 9th year of free treatment for rural children By Tam An A doctor examines students in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap during the FedEx Delivers Heartbeats Outreach Clinic program – PHOTO: FEDEX HCMC - FedEx Express and VinaCapital Foundation have completed the ninth consecutive year of the FedEx Delivers Heartbeats Outreach Clinic, through which children in rural areas of Vietnam were provided free specialty healthcare and medical treatment for congenital heart disease. With top cardiologists and surgeons from HCMC, Hanoi and Danang, the mobile clinics traveled across the country to diagnose and provide treatment for children with heart defects and other diseases. The clinic visits included registration, diagnosis, surgery and post-operative assistance for patients and their families. During Covid-19, it has become even more vital for the outreach clinics to reach remote areas that have limited access to healthcare. Despite the challenges, the program was able to set up temporary clinics in rural locations so that children there could receive essential healthcare. The program prioritized enhancing the quality of each clinic and minimizing risks of infection. With the pandemic, mobile clinics were carefully equipped with face masks, hand sanitizers and sterilized equipment. Strict measures were taken to ensure proper social distancing. “Congenital heart disease among children in Vietnam remains high, with some 11,000 babies born every year with this disease. With the FedEx Delivers Heartbeats program, we hope to increase early detection of heart defects in children and offer access to diagnosis and treatment for these children so that they can live their lives to the fullest,” said Hardy Diec, managing director of FedEx Express Indochina. “For the past nine years, thanks to the support from FedEx, VCF's Rural Outreach Clinic program has reached thousands of children with congenital heart defects who receive …

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Six more people have been confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on March 30 morning, and all of them are workers of the Truong Sinh Co. Ltd, which provides services for the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital. A medical worker checks the body temperature of a person at the gate of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi As a result, the number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam had reached 194 as of 6am of March 30. Case 189 is a 46-year-old woman who stayed at the same house with two other Truong Sinh employees who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The five other infected women were born in 1971, 1984, 1997, 1999 and 1978. However, detailed information on those cases is not yet available. The Ministry of Health said it will announce the details later. Meanwhile, the ministry also corrected information about the 184th and 185th patients, who were confirmed on late March 29. Accordingly, Case 184 is a 42-year-old woman who works for the Truong Sinh company. She stayed at the same house with two other colleagues previously found positive for SARS-CoV-2. Case 185 is a 38-year-old man living in Hoai Duc district of Hanoi. He cared for his brother-in-law under treatment at the neurology department of Bach Mai Hospital on March 15-16 and March 18-19. Case 180 is a 27-year-old female student returning from France. She transited Thailand before arriving at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Flight TG564 on March 20. Case 181, a 33-year-old man, boarded the same flight to return to Vietnam from Thailand. The next patient is a 19-year-old female student who headed home from Switzerland. She arrived at Noi Bai airport on Flight VN618 on March 20 after transiting Thailand. The three are receiving treatment at the General Hospital of Ninh Binh province and in stable health condition. Case 183 is a 43-year-old woman living in Trung Hoa ward of Hanoi’s Cau Giay district. She is a reporter and had an interview with Case 148 on …

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At 9 am, an ambulance left Field Hospital No 1 in Hai Duong province, carrying a group of students to a site in Chi Linh City where they needed to take samples for tests for SARS-nCov-2. Linh and her teammates The group had eight members, including two workers from the Chi Linh City Medical Center and six students from the Hai Duong Medical Technical University. Dieu Linh and her friends in the group were all born in 2001. They are second-year students majoring in medical testing. Inside the cramped ambulance, which was riding on a rough road, the students took advantage of time to repeat their professional knowledge and help each other wear protective clothing correctly. “It is necessary to press adhesive tape tightly on all holes to prevent virus intrusion,” Linh said. Fifteen minutes later, the ambulance stopped at a factory in Chi Linh City. Linh and her teammates had to take 360 medical samples for testing. There were many people lining up to have their samples taken. The students re-arranged materials, divided into two groups, and set to work under the instruction of officers from the Chi Linh Medical Center. Linh and her teammates attended a training course on January 28, when Covid-19 broke out in Hai Duong. They belonged to a backup group, as third- and fourth-year students were mobilized first. After the training course, some of them took a bus to home villages to spend Tet holiday with their families. But just one day later, they were informed that second-year students were also needed to help because the number of infection cases had increased very rapidly. At the time of receiving the news, Huy Hoang, a member of the group, had just returned home in the central province of Nghe An for nearly two hours and his luggage had not been unpacked. After talking to his parents, he immediately caught a coach to Hai Duong in the north. In general, the students have to turn up at the field hospital before leaving to take …

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