Dien Bien: Medical examination and medicine for flood victims in Xa Dung commune

Doctors examine and provide treatment advice to people in Hang Pu Xi village, Xa Dung commune. (Photo: DUC HANH)

Early morning on October 9, at the Hang Pu Xi Village Cultural House, Xa Dung Commune, where the mobile medical examination point was set up, it was crowded with people waiting for soldiers and doctors to come and examine them.

Mrs. Sung Thi My, Tu Xa B village, Xa Dung commune, is one of hundreds of people who came very early hoping to be examined and given medicine to treat her back pain.

Ms. Sung Thi My shared: "Due to old age and poor health, I often suffer from digestive problems, my legs hurt when walking, I am weak, and my back hurts a lot. Last night, I heard the village chief announce that today there would be soldiers and doctors coming to examine the villagers, so I left early. Because of old age and painful legs, I cannot walk quickly, so to get to the clinic on time, I left at 4 am."

Flood victims wait their turn to see a doctor for medical examination and treatment advice.

Also waiting for the soldiers and doctors to come and examine me, Mr. Ho A Po in Hang Tro village, Xa Dung commune said: "I have been sick for a few days now. Now that the soldiers and doctors have examined me and given me medicine, I feel at ease. The doctor told me that I just need to take the medicine regularly and keep warm to get well soon."

Directly examining, consulting on treatment and health care for people in flood-affected areas, comrade Giang A Nhia, an emergency resuscitation specialist at Dien Bien Dong Medical Center, Dien Bien province, said: Due to the effects of prolonged rain and floods, in some places the water source is polluted, so many people here have respiratory diseases and skin diseases. Elderly people often have digestive and bone and joint diseases. Therefore, along with medical examination, people are also given free medicine and doctors advise on treatment, care and protection of the body during the changing seasons.

Colonel Trinh Duc Thiem (4th from left) and leaders of the Dien Bien Provincial Military Command presented gifts to people coming for medical examination.

Discussing the program of coordinating medical examination and free medicine for people in flood-affected areas, Colonel Trinh Duc Thiem, Commander of the Dien Bien Provincial Military Command, said: During the support for building houses for people in flood-affected areas, focusing on Hang Pu Xi village, Xa Dung commune, Tia Dinh commune, Muong Luan..., the army observed that many elderly people and children had respiratory and skin diseases. Therefore, as soon as the houses for the people were completed, the Command leaders proactively asked the Department of Health to coordinate in organizing medical examination and medicine for the people, so that they could feel secure.

In this medical examination and medicine program, the military medical team and doctors of 3 units: Provincial Military Command, Provincial General Hospital and Dien Bien Dong Medical Center examined, provided health consultation and dispensed free medicine to more than 100 people. In particular, in this medical examination and treatment, the units have strengthened the system of modern machines such as electrocardiogram and ultrasound machines for in-depth examination for the people, thereby actively supporting the work of detecting, diagnosing and having effective treatment methods.

Officers and soldiers of Dien Bien Provincial Military Command propagate the Road Traffic Law to people in Xa Dung commune.

Also at the program, the Provincial Military Command distributed leaflets to disseminate information about the Law on Military Service, the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety 2024 and the Law on Marriage and Family to the people.

Doctors and medical staff provide medicine to the people.

On this occasion, the Provincial Military Command and units presented 100 gifts (each worth 300,000 VND) to households in difficult circumstances affected by the floods that occurred in early August 2025.

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