Tan Uyen town’s Red Cross Society, on September 30, teamed up with HCM city Post Office Hospital’s physicians to provide free cataract surgeries for the elderly and the poor on the occasion of International Day for the Elderly (October 1).
After being checked, 53 out of 70 above targeted people enjoyed cataract surgeries with a total cost of VND161million. The town’s Red Cross Society also mobilized its branch “Kitchen of love” to support 100 meals for these patients and their relatives with a total cost of VND1.5million.
This is the 3rd charity eye surgery stage of 2017 mobilized by the town’s Red Cross Society, aiming to bring light to poor patients.
Reported by Tan Phong-Translated by K.T












