Poor patients receive free arthroplasty at Military Hospital 175

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Poor patients receive free arthroplasty at Military Hospital 175.

Accordingly, the patients will receive free arthroplasty (joint replacement surgery) until May 31 at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Military Hospital 175. The charity programme was conducted by experts from the US Operation Walk Chicago.

During a meeting on May 27, a representative of the Operation Walk Chicago showed delight at the launch of the charity program.

Military Hospital 175 director Dr. Nguyen Hong Son thanked the American surgeons of the Operation Walk Chicago for their good deeds.

In the past time, the US Operation Walk Chicago has provided hundreds of poor patients across Vietnam with free treatment with serious arthritis.