HCM City hospital provides free dental care to disadvantaged people in Đồng Tháp

October 30, 2019 - 14:46

Some 1,500 adults and children in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp have benefited from free dental check-up and treatment provided by the HCM City Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology.

Around 1,500 people in Đồng Tháp Province got free dental checks and treatment from doctors belonging to the HCM City Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology on October 26 and 27. — VNA/VNS Photo Chương Đài

ĐỒNG THÁP — Some 1,500 adults and children in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp have benefited from free dental check-up and treatment provided by the HCM City Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology.

The programme, organised in Tháp Mười District on October 26 and 27, sought to benefit disadvantaged people and improve community awareness of oral health and prevention of dental diseases.

The hospital’s medical personnel also provided the beneficiaries with knowledge about oral health like how to brush their teeth properly, the importance of oral hygiene and the need to periodically have dental checks. — VNS

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