Quang Ngai hospitals receive medical packages from RoK
Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina), together with Chung-Ang University (CAU) Hospital and the non-profit Community Chest of Korea, presented two medical packages worth 1.8 billion VND (77,360 USD) to hospitals in the central province of Quang Ngai on December 16.
LED phototherapy devices for treating jaundice presented the Quang Ngai Hospital for Children and Women (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ngai (VNA) - Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (DoosanVina), together with Chung-Ang University (CAU) Hospital and the non-profit CommunityChest of Korea, presented two medical packages worth 1.8 billion VND (77,360 USD) to hospitals inthe central province of Quang Ngai on December 16.
The Quang Ngai General Hospital received an ESCO grade 3 Class IIIBiological Safety Cabinet imported from Indonesia and ten sets of camera-assistedendotracheal intubation equipment, which are worth 1.22 billion VND (52,960USD) in total.
The Quang Ngai Hospital for Children and Women, meanwhile, received a bloodand fluid warmer, three sets of pulse oximeters, and ten sets of LED phototherapydevices for treating jaundice, costing a total of 510 million VND.
Earlier, Doosan Vina and CAU donated 58 devices worth some 27,370 USD tothe former and an ultrasound machine to the latter.
The two donors are also sponsoring on-the-job training and in theRepublic of Korea for medical staff at the two facilities, from 2017 to 2025./.
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LED phototherapy devices for treating jaundice presented the Quang Ngai Hospital for Children and Women (Photo: VNA) 
