'Project Vietnam' hearts of multinational doctors

Experts of Project Vietnam are guiding Vietnamese doctors.(Photo: rojectvietnam)

Volunteer delegation of Project Vietnam group (from the US) consists of 86 members with 40 multinational experts and doctors on the journey (from October 27 to November 11) disseminating child care knowledge and skills new-born.

Talking with Tuoi Tre on November 3 when the delegation was in Ho Chi Minh City, Dr. Quynh Kieu, a member of the American Academy of Medicine - the program coordinator, said Project Vietnam is a child support project of The American Academy of Medicine, which has been operating for more than 10 years and has made many encouraging achievements in health education and practical education. Every year, in spring and autumn, Project Vietnam will organize training in Vietnam, give devices and support surgery for babies in Vietnam. Between these two main periods, there was an extra time for medical students to go to Vietnam to prepare for the summer trip to Vietnam.

During this trip, the delegation completed training and technical training programs in the provinces of Kien Giang, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City. Yesterday the delegation went to Hanoi to continue its programs in the provinces of Vinh Phuc, Hai Duong, Ha Tay, Hai Phong and Nghe An.

Doctor Quynh Kieu, program coordinator.(Photo: Projectvietnam)

Dr. Quynh Kieu said that among projects in Vietnam, Project Vietnam is promoting the " Breath for Children" program under the 'Newborn Care Initiative' project with the use of propaganda. Breathing device: ' A lot of babies are born with blocked airways due to sputum in the windpipe.

In addition, their lungs have not been able to breathe yet, so they are still stuck, so breathing aids are needed to help them ensure their lives . ' Mrs. Kieu said some common measures such as patting young people crying (for breathing) in some cases are ineffective and very easy to cause death. Currently, there are about 100 newborns suffocated every day in Vietnam, 90% of such cases can be saved if there is a breathing aid device. Or the fact that some doctors or relatives of children use their mouths directly to suck up sputum for children sometimes unknowingly transmits infectious pathogens to children without knowing it.

Mrs. Kieu said that each breathing apparatus worth about 100 USD, each can be used for 100 babies / year and can be used in 3-5 years. She also proposed that the Vietnamese Ministry of Health will put that very basic device into the list of equipment equipped at the base stations to help reduce the infant mortality rate - currently accounting for 51%. in the causes of death for children. During this trip of Project Vietnam group, the delegation will donate 750 breathing aids to localities.

Accompanied by the delegation this time there are famous professors and doctors of universities, hospitals in the US, Australia, France such as Douglas Powell of Cleverland Hospital, Aune Ades and Jacqueline Evans of Philadelphia Children's Hospital, Michael. Stratrowski of St Christopher Hospital.Dean Blumberg immunity professor, head of the University of California Davis Children's Infection Department .

Even Dr. Allen Cohen (professor of radiology) is a ' special case ': Mr. Cohen currently has broken hands and injuries on his feet, while his wife a week before going to Vietnam still He was hospitalized for arterial surgery, but both were still on the trip.In addition, Y Lan singer daughter - Mai Linh medical student and Miss Stella Nguyen of Las Vegas also participated in volunteer activities of the delegation.

THANH TUAN