US hospital ship helps local patients

The USNS Mercy ship has left Vietnam’s central coastal Khanh Hoa province on June 29 after finishing its humanitarian mission in the locality.

During the 10-day stay, volunteer doctors from the hospital ship co-operated with Vietnamese colleagues to provide free check-ups and medicine for more than 10,000 patients and free surgery for 230 others.

In addition to treatment performed onboard, volunteer doctors participated in repairing and improving five medial facilities in Nha Trang city, Dien Khanh and Ninh Hoa districts of the province. The work was estimated to cost them around 62,000 USD.-