Nha Trang City Red Cross

Location of service:

Khanh Hoa Province

Background:

In our last mission, the medical team had an opportunity to meet the director of the Nha Trang City Red Cross, Dr. Le Quoc Thinh, and to visit their clinics. Their mission was to serve the poor who live in the small villages as well as the minority in the rural areas of Khanh Hoa Province. The organization has health clinics in the communes to serve for the people, and also conducts and cooperates with different humanitarian groups from different countries to bring medical services to the people in those areas. We went to visit their health clinics and saw their volunteer doctors and nurse practitioners in action. Most patients were senior citizens and children. The Red Cross clinics provide the patients with free care and medicines that they had. Due to the lack of funding, the clinics could only be opened on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week. The clinics are maintained by generous private donors and volunteers.