Unique Cases

The Blinds   At the end of the first clinic day in Cai Lậy after treating 400 patients, SCF was asked to see about 80 patients from a local center for the blinds. SCF was able to provide medical, dental treatments for these patients. Each blind patient also received a pair of sunglasses, rice and monentary gifts.   Afterward, the director of the center for the blinds asked SCF to help in the renovation of their vocational training building. The renovation completed after 6 months with SCF donating $3000 in air condition equipments for the center. Khi tôi sinh ra…

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Another successful story to tell! #kindnessinaction Congenital Cataract (Cườm bẩm sinh) During SCF clinic of 2018 Vietnam mission at Trường Tiểu Học C, An Châu municipality, An Giang Province, Dr Kỳ Nguyễn, our Mission Co-director, evaluated a two-week old child who was brought to the clinic by her grandmother for what turned out to be bilateral congenital cataract. SCF worked with the local Red Cross to have the baby evaluted at one of the hospitals in Sai Gòn. During the work up at the hospital, the baby also has a congential heart defect. After receiving treatment for her heart ,…

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They looked 10 years older than me! I called them “chị “ (older sister) or “cô” (auntie ) when I first saw them as patients. Not until then, I realized they are 10 years younger than me! The harsh lives that they have been through to survive have made them aged like this! Love them! Sympathize with them! Sương gió của cuộc đời đã làm em già nua khi độ tuổi chỉ mới 20 mấy xuân thì! Em lao nhọc! Em cực khổ! Xin lỗi em vì tôi đã không kịp hiểu được nỗi nhọc nhằn của em mà nghĩ…

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