Welcome to the 7th annual Vietnam Pharmacy/Medical Mission. This journey began in 2012 and has continued each year with the gracious and generous support from Temple University School of Pharmacy, Dean Peter Doukas, Faculty and Administration. Each year I am accompanied by TUSP Doctor of Pharmacy Candidates, who get to experience, first-hand, global healthcare and provide their energy helping to assist the needy.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Charitable donations to Tay Ninh
The first part of our mission was to be a 2 day mini clinic for the patients of Tay Ninh with another charity organization consisting of past partners and local university students. This province is on the border of Vietnam and Cambodia. There is a subset of people who are left to fend for themselves due to various reasons. They have no access to medical clinics, no access to proper schooling and live in make shift wood huts along the river. Their personal hygiene is compromised due to lack of clean water supply etc... After arriving in Tay Ninh and preparing all of our medicine, we discovered a glitch in the approval paperwork, therefore we could not hold an actual clinic. However, we were able to donate medicine for various pain conditions and vitamin supplements. In addition, we donated over 150 toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes, especially for the children who have very poor dental care. Even though our original plan had to be altered, we were able to assist this needy area in the best and safest way we could.
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