Ho Chi Minh City sends 10,000 bags of medicine to provinces affected by storms and floods.

The Ho Chi Minh City health sector has just sent 10,000 family medicine bags to the northern provinces affected by storms and floods. The medicine bags contain necessary medicines to help people affected by storms and floods take care of their own health.

Officials, civil servants and workers of hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City responded by donating 10,000 family medicine bags to people in the northern provinces affected by storms and floods - Photo: Provided by the Department of Health

On October 7, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that in response to the call of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to support people affected by storm No. 10, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health launched a campaign throughout the industry to contribute 10,000 "family medicine bags" to support people affected by storms and floods.

As of October 6, through the VNVC system, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has sent 5,000 medicine bags to the Departments of Health of the following provinces: Son La, Ninh Binh, Cao Bang , Tuyen Quang, and Ha Tinh.

From October 5 to 7, public hospitals continued to contribute 5,000 more bags of medicine (from hospitals: Children's Hospital 1, People's Hospital 115, Saigon General Hospital, Hoc Mon Regional General Hospital, Cu Chi, Tu Du, Binh Duong General Hospital, Nguyen Thi Thap, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Tan Phu General Hospital, An Binh, Dental and Maxillofacial Hospital, Binh Chanh General Hospital, Le Van Viet, Cu Chi General Hospital, Binh Phu General Hospital, Trung My Tay, Mental Health, Oncology, Traditional Medicine...), these medicines were sent to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to give to people in storm and flood areas.

The Department of Health of Son La, Cao Bang, Ninh Binh, Ha Tinh, and Tuyen Quang provinces have received family medicine bags sent by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to deliver to people affected by storm No. 10 - Photo: Provided by the Department of Health

The medicine bag will contain essential medicines such as: fever reducer, stomach ache, diarrhea, allergy, skin antiseptic, bandages...

This is a list of essential medicines to help people isolated by floods take care of their health (both adults and children), with detailed instructions for use to ensure safety and effectiveness.

The Department of Health respectfully acknowledges and thanks the support of hospitals in the city for their enthusiastic response and timely provision of very practical family medicine bags to people affected by storm No. 10.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-gui-10-000-tui-thuoc-den-cac-tinh-bi-anh-huong-cua-bao-lu-20251007142832164.htm