Warm Tet brought to patients
Children’s hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City organized year-end meals for child patients on February 6, or the 27th day of the last lunar month, to help them enjoy the Lunar New Year (Tet) atmosphere.
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Doctor Truong Huu Khanh from the Children’s Hospital 1 said that this year, the dishes were chosen and voted on by the children themselves.
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| Child patients and their relatives brought home free (Source: VNA). |
Around 800 child patients are expected to stay at the hospital for treatment throughout the Tet holiday. Therefore, the hospital has held a wide range of activities for the children and their families to celebrate the lunar new year, Khanh added.
Meanwhile, from February 6, the Children’s Hospital 2 has arranged vehicles to carry many child patients back to their homes to welcome the traditional Tet.
In the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, the province's General Hospital offered free transport for its patients and their relatives to go home for Tet from the 27th to the 29th day of the last lunar month. The patients are also presented with Tet gifts and lucky money.
Earlier on February 5, the hospital organized a “zero dong” market for around 270 patients in difficult circumstances, with products totaling 270 million VND (11,076 USD).
The General Hospital in the south-central province of Phu Yen held a “zero dong” booth on February 6, offering up to 1,500 gifts, including essential items, soft drinks, milk, banh chung (square sticky rice cake), and cash to more than 500 poor patients.
(Source: VNA)
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