Centre for AO victims opens in Da Nang city

A centre for steam treatments, detoxification and rehabilitation has recently opened in Thanh Khe district, Da Nang city. This charitable humanitarian project will care for and detoxify dioxin/Agent Orange (AO) effected people in the city and in the central region.

A centre for steam treatments, detoxification and rehabilitation has recently opened in Thanh Khe district, Da Nang city. This charitable humanitarian project will care for and detoxify dioxin/Agent Orange (AO) effected people in the city and in the central region.

The 2 storey structure on an area of 300 square metres was built with a total capital of VND2.81 billion, including VND1.41 billion for building the centre and VND671 million for buying equipment, with sponsorship from the America’s Harris Freeman Foundation and Farmer Bros coffee company.

The centre will use traditional detoxification methods in combination with using vitamins to cleanse the body of toxins, in order to improve and increase victims’ health.

The centre will not only serve AO victims, but also others in need of detoxification because of living in environmentally polluted areas in the city and around surrounding areas.

Speaking during the centre's opening ceremony, Senior Lieutenant-general Nguyen Van Rinh, President of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA), said that putting the centre into operation marked a new progress in caring for AO victims.

He asked the Da Nang city Association of AO Victims to wisely exploit and use the centre, focusing on increasing the ability of doctors and staff, and mobilising financial and medical support to serve more victims.

On the opening day, the centre started to conduct blood tests for victims to begin initial detoxification phases.

Da Nang city has over 5,000 AO victims in communities, including over 1,400 children