Second Level-2 Field Hospital dispatched to South Sudan
The Ministry of National Defence on November 13 held a send-off ceremony for the second Level-2 Field Hospital which will participate in the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
Hanoi (VNA) – TheMinistry of National Defence on November 13 held a send-off ceremony for the second Level-2Field Hospital which will participate in the UN peacekeeping missionin South Sudan.
Speaking at the Hanoiceremony, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping OperationCol. Nguyen Nhu Canh said the 63 members of the Level-2 Field Hospital No.2 have received specialised training based on UN standards. Many of them have taken peacekeepingtraining courses in the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, the Republic ofKorea, China, France and ASEAN member states.
Deputy Chief of the GeneralStaff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong gave the orderfor the Level-2 Field Hospital No.2 to depart for peacekeeping mission in South Sudan,asking them to learn from the first hospital’s experience and avoidinterrupting operation of the South Sudan field hospital when taking over itsnew mission.
Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh said Vietnam sending another group of militarymedics to join UN peacekeeping operations shows the country’s activecontribution to maintaining regional and global peace and security.
Vinh urged the secondhospital’s personnel to stay united, overcome hardship and complete all tasksassigned by the country and the UN. They must always comply with the UN’speacekeeping rules and discipline as well as local and Vietnamese laws when performing their duties, he said.
The second hospital’spersonnel will be transported by military aircraft C-17 provided by Australia.
Vietnam dispatched its first level-2hospital to the UN mission in South Sudan in October 2018.
Officers and soldiers ofthe hospital have completed their mission to ensure health care for UNpeacekeepers in South Sudan. They also joined defence foreign affairs andserved as medical care-givers to locals.
An official ceremony to welcome back and honour the returning peacekeepers willbe held on December 2 at Military Hospital 175 in HCM City.
Since last October, whenthey first left for South Sudan, the hospital No1 has offered treatmentfor nearly 1,800 patients, with many life-saving surgeries successfullyconducted./.
Staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 field Hospital No. 2 is scheduled to be sent to South Sudan from November 13-26 to assume the tasks their peers of Hospital No. 1 are performing within the UN peacekeeping mission in the African country.
The Ministry of National Defence highlighted the active preparations for the second Level-2 field hospital while reviewing defence diplomacy during the third quarter at a meeting in Hanoi on October 7.
Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 14 for outgoing UK defence attaché Col. David Houghton and his successor Col. Beatrix V.H. Walcot.
The Steering Committee on UN Peacekeeping Mission held a meeting on November 6 to review preparations for the launch of the second level-two field hospital before the hospital is dispatched to South Sudan.
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At the send-off ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
