The USNS Mercy hospital ship departed Quy Nhon port, the central province of Binh Dinh, June 12 after 12 days of working alongside the people of Binh Dinh Province to deliver a variety of humanitarian and civic assistance programs ashore and on board USNS Mercy.
A closing ceremony took place on the fleet landing pier on the same day with the presence of provincial leaders and the US General Consul in HCM City.
Under the Pacific Partnership 2010 (PP10), the pier served as the gateway for participants, patients, medical equipment and supplies and visitors traveling to and from Mercy. Medical civic action program (MEDCAP) sites, temporarily transformed into a clinic for the purpose of the program, treated more than 19,000 patients during the visit.
About 371 patients were seen and surgeons performed 136 surgical procedures onboard Mercy. The local residents also benefited from the all-out efforts of more than medical, dental, veterinary and engineering expert coming from numerous partner nations, non-governmental organizations and U.S. military services
In addition to MEDCAPs, medical professionals from Mercy engaged with their Vietnamese counterparts for subject matter expert exchanges, including sessions on retinal disease, interventional cardiology and leprosy.
Also, PP10 engineers completed four separate renovation projects one clinic and one school for disabled children in Quy Nhon and two clinics in the Tuy Phuoc District, of which the largest project was the Hope Center, a school for special needs children located in Quy Nhon.
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