Welcome to the 9th Vietnam Pharmacy Mission made possible by the generosity of Temple University School of Pharmacy and the collaboration with Mercer University School of Biomedical Engineering. We invite you to follow along with our volunteer charity pharmacy/medical outreach mission for patients suffering from orthopedic and other illnesses and amputees requiring a prosthetic limb. Thanks to all who support this mission through their time, energy and donations.
Friday, June 1, 2018
Ben Tre Clinic
We arrive in Ben Tre clinic at 7:00 am every morning to a approximately 80 patients. Some of these patient travel many kilometers by foot or moped from surrounding provinces like Hau Giang, Can Tho, Vinh Long, etc in search of any type of medical care they can receive. Some have never seen a doctor before or taken a medication and suffer from illnesses undiagnosed. Our clinic primarily focuses on orthopedic illnesses and pain, along with the fitting of prosthetic limbs for amputees. These patients have been invited to our clinic through invitation from the Association of the Poor of Ben Tre province. On a daily basis in the first few days of clinic we treat approximately 120-150 patients. Our team utilizes months and years of pharmacy education and mission training in order to provide the best quality healthcare possible in this country.
Medical Room
After the intake process, patients are escorted to a medical waiting area where they will await orthopedic illness evaluation. The majority ...

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Just when you think the 11 hour work day at clinic has ended, a patient who had a prosthetic limb fit this day required the evaluation of a ...
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Recall our unexpected hand infection from a few days ago. Today the patient returned for a follow-up evaluation and described his symptoms a...
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I first met this mother and daughter in 2016. At that time the mother was 94 years old and the daughter was 61 years old. The arrived for tr...