[In Photos] Free surgery provided for disadvantage people in Ha Giang

Sala — a humanitarian organisation led by Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Manh Khanh, Deputy Director of Viet Duc Hospital — coordinated with the Ha Giang Provincial Department of Health and Ha Giang Provincial General Hospital to provide free surgeries for disadvantaged people suffering from orthopaedic and mobility-related disabilities from June 4-7.
Established in 2010, Sala is a non-profit volunteer group whose core members are doctors and nurses from Viet Duc Hospital. The organisation operates with the purpose of providing free examination and treatment for children and people in difficult circumstances who are suffering from injuries, orthopaedics, and mobility disabilities.
Established in 2010, Sala is a non-profit volunteer group whose core members are doctors and nurses from Viet Duc Hospital. The organisation operates with the purpose of providing free examination and treatment for children and people in difficult circumstances who are suffering from injuries, orthopaedics, and mobility disabilities.
The medical team from Sala and experts from the US screened nearly 100 patients at Ha Giang Provincial General Hospital and performed surgeries on 26 people, including 10 paediatric patients.

The medical team from Sala and experts from the US screened nearly 100 patients at Ha Giang Provincial General Hospital and performed surgeries on 26 people, including 10 paediatric patients.

Doctors are examining a patient.

Doctors are examining a patient.
A child patient is about to undergo surgery.

A child patient is about to undergo surgery.
The Sala programme not only brings advanced medicine to disadvantaged people in remote areas, but also plays as a bridge between doctors at central level and grassroots level, and between domestic and international orthopaedic experts.

The Sala programme not only brings advanced medicine to disadvantaged people in remote areas, but also plays as a bridge between doctors at central level and grassroots level, and between domestic and international orthopaedic experts.
A view of the operating room at Ha Giang Provincial General Hospital.

A view of the operating room at Ha Giang Provincial General Hospital.
American doctors performing a surgery.

American doctors performing a surgery.
The Sala delegation also visited and presented gifts to pupils at Khau Bung School in Quyet Tien Commune, Quan Ba District.

The Sala delegation also visited and presented gifts to pupils at Khau Bung School in Quyet Tien Commune, Quan Ba ​​District.
Sala donated five televisions to five classrooms, 200 coats, 100 pairs of slippers, notebooks, pens, and confectionary to local students. Specifically, 20 Ngo Van Toan Scholarships worth 1 million VND each were presented to needy students.

Sala donated five televisions to five classrooms, 200 coats, 100 pairs of slippers, notebooks, pens, and confectionary to local students. Specifically, 20 Ngo Van Toan Scholarships worth 1 million VND each were presented to needy students.

Thank-you cards from children at Khau Bung School.

Thank-you cards from children at Khau Bung School.
Gifts worth a total of 110 million VND were also given to 26 patients who received free surgery.

Gifts worth a total of 110 million VND were also given to 26 patients who received free surgery.
Child patient Nguyen Quoc Khanh (10 years old) has returned to normal life after having an operation in 2023.

Child patient Nguyen Quoc Khanh (10 years old) has returned to normal life after having an operation in 2023.


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