Border Guard Command organizes cross-border medical examination and treatment

The medical examination and treatment, medicine provision and gift giving activities for the people of Cambodia and An Giang (Vietnam) were chaired by the Military Medical Department of the Border Guard Command (BĐBP). Doctors, nurses and medical staff from a number of agencies in An Giang province directly participated in the delegation, including: Border Guard Command, Military Command, Provincial Police and An Giang Central General Hospital.

Border Guard soldiers of Long Binh station and provincial police doctors bring Cambodian monks in for medical examination

Continuously on August 24 and 25, with the coordination and assistance of the border protection force and local authorities of the neighboring country, the medical team crossed hundreds of kilometers of border, providing medical examination and treatment, medicine and gifts to more than 700 poor Cambodian people in Hamlet Chin (Sampeou Poun Commune, Coh Thom District, Kandal Province) and Hamlet Ta Rung (Phnum Den Commune, Kiri Vong District, Takeo Province). On the Vietnamese side, the team provided medical examination, medicine and gifts to more than 300 people in Khanh Binh Commune, An Phu District and Xuan Binh Hamlet, Tinh Bien Town, An Giang Province.

A team of doctors and nurses crossed the border river to a neighboring country to provide medical treatment.

Colonel Phan Dinh Hoai, Head of the Military Medical Department, Border Guard Command, said: "In recent times, Cambodian people living in border areas have encountered many difficulties in health care and most of them have to go to Vietnam for medical treatment. In An Giang alone, statistics from the Department of Health show that in the first 6 months of 2019, hospitals in the province examined and treated 3,276 cases, and provided inpatient treatment for 1,588 Cambodians. Medical examinations and medicine provision for poor households along the border, especially Cambodians, are carried out regularly and continuously by border guards. Not only at the combined military and civilian medical stations, but also down to the control stations and working teams."

"During this medical examination, the working group brought along an ultrasound machine and discovered dozens of people with serious illnesses on the spot, providing timely treatment instructions," Colonel Hoai added.

Receive and visit patients coming for medical examination

Border Guard doctor patiently listens to Cambodian people describe their symptoms

The examination tables are always crowded.

Cambodian local authorities have arranged for bilingual Khmer-Vietnamese speakers to be present at examination tables to assist with interpretation.

Doctors examine the monk

The young monk followed the abbot to see a doctor.

Border Guard military doctors bring ultrasound machines to examine directly at the location.

Post-examination medication table

Medical examination for Cambodian border guards

Colonel Phan Dinh Hoai, Head of the Military Medical Department of the Border Guard Command, presented gifts from the Border Guard to Cambodian people after medical examination.