Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Tran Viet Truong (second from left) and the representative of the sponsor donated a portable X-ray machine to Can Tho City General Hospital.

Through the advocacy and connection of the Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Tran Viet Truong, on the morning of December 12, the Saigon Lovers group presented Siemens, one of the latest portable bedside X-ray machines to Can Tho General Hospital. In addition, the group also donated many specialized masks and medical supplies to support the hospital in treating severe and critical COVID-19 patients. A representative of the volunteer group said that the group not only loved Saigon but also Can Tho, wished to share and reduce the difficulties of the city's people during this fierce epidemic.

Speaking at the ceremony of receiving the portable X-ray machine, Mr. Tran Viet Truong, Chairman of the City People's Committee, said that in just a week, the Saigon Lovers group had mobilized many benefactors, leaders of businesses, writers and artists to donate a lot of medical equipment with a total value of nearly 50 billion VND, helping Can Tho fight against the epidemic. On this occasion, the Chairman of the City People's Committee sent his gratitude to the medical staff of Can Tho City General Hospital, who have devoted and sacrificed for the people's health. Hopefully with the donated equipment, doctors and nurses will promote the effectiveness of the machine, saving many lives of COVID-19 patients.

Second Degree Specialist Tran Quoc Luan, Director of Can Tho City General Hospital, said that this modern device helped doctors and nurses to detect cases with clinical symptoms of pulmonary congestion or difficult breathing, giving immediate results through the connected computer system. Thanks to this convenience, doctors and nurses can handle and give first aid to the patient in a timely manner without having to spend time moving the patient down to the usual X-ray room as before.

► On the same day, Mr. Nguyen Trung Nhan, Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Can Tho City; Comrade Nguyen Thuy Hang, Vice Chairman of the City's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, welcomed representatives of the Can Tho Market Management Department and Au Lac Vegetarian Food Production and Trading Company Limited (CO., LTD) coming to present goods to support COVID-19 epidemic prevention.

Leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Can Tho City received the gift giving symbolic panel from the representative of Au Lac Vegetarian Food Company.

The Market Management Department of Can Tho City connected Au Lac Vegetarian Food Production and Trading Co., Ltd. to present 1,000 boxes of noodles, 1,000 boxes of porridge, 6,000 bottles of 500ml soy sauce, 2,100 packages of sausages with a total value of more than 329 million VND. Mr. Nguyen Trung Nhan thanked the company for joining hands with the city to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic; at the same time, he hoped that in the future, the company would continue to support the city to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic and help Can Tho to develop more.