Nuns from a central province weekly visit and provide free medical checkups for tens of thousands of patients in remote areas. “We have given free medical checkups and medicine to tens of thousands of poor patients in remote areas during the past 15 years,” said Daughters of Mary of Immaculate Conception Sister Benedictine Nguyen Thi Dien, a doctor. Sister Dien, 69, said local people live in poverty and do not have enough money to buy medicine or take patients to local health care centers. They use leaves to treat all diseases. Sister Dien, head of Kim Long Charity Clinic based in Hue city, said on Saturdays 15 doctors and physicians with medical equipment and medicine go by bus and give health care to 150-200 patients in villages in Thua Thien Hue province. They pay 40 such visits a year, she added. They said foreign benefactors cover their expenses. Related reports Nuns pay for poor patients’ heart treatmentLow-cost medical center a boon for poor patients VT14144
