Children’s hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City organised 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.
Child patients and their relatives brought home free (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Children’s hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City organisedyear-end meals for child patients on February 6, or the 27th day ofthe last lunar month, to help them enjoy the Lunar New Year (Tet) atmosphere.
Doctor Truong Huu Khanh from the Children’sHospital 1 said that this year, the dishes had been chosen and voted bychildren themselves.
Around 800 child patients are expected tostay at the hospital for treatment throughout the Tet holiday. Therefore, the hospital has held a widerange of activities for the children and their families to celebrate the lunar new year, Khanh added.
Meanwhile, from February 6, the Children’sHospital 2 has arranged vehicles to carry many child patients back to theirhomes to welcome the traditional Tet.
Patients living in difficult circumstances of Khanh Hoa General Hospital offered free transport to go home (Photo: VNA)
In the south central province of Khanh Hoa, the province's General Hospital offered free transport for its patients and theirrelatives 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 hospitalorganised a “zero dong” market for around 270 patients in difficultcircumstances, with products totalling 270 million VND (11,076 USD).
Phu Yen General Hospital gives gifts to patients (Photo: VNA)
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 essentialitems, soft drinks, milk, banh chung (square sticky rice cake), and cash to more than 500 poor patients./.
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Child patients and their relatives brought home free (Photo: VNA) 
Patients living in difficult circumstances of Khanh Hoa General Hospital offered free transport to go home (Photo: VNA) 
Phu Yen General Hospital gives gifts to patients (Photo: VNA) 
