October 2022 Vietnam Medical Mission
October 8 – October 19, 2022

Medical Outreach of America is extremely pleased to offer the opportunity to return to Vietnam  in early fall of 2022. Building on our previous mission in 2019, we will be working with our partners in Vietnam to deliver medical services to those suffering from permanent disabilities from Agent Orange exposure in the central region of Vietnam around Hue and Da Nang. We will again be partnering with the Medical University in Hue and our local NGO partner HUEFO during three days of clinics at the Phu Vang District Hospital outside Hue City. In 2019 we saw over five hundred patients there and developed lasting relationships with our student translators and hospital staff. 

In the closing days of our mission, we will travel to Da Nang to work with our student partners from the Medical Technology and Pharmacy University and the Da Nang Victims of Agent Orange at their regional treatment center just outside of town. We are hoping to expand our outreach this year to provide in-home visits for patients unable to travel to our clinics. These mobile teams will be created based on our team size. Additionally, we have been asked to include Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapists as these are new and growing specialties in Vietnam. If you have any colleagues in these fields that might join us please encourage them.  There is also the option to speak at the Universities again this year. Please contact me directly if you are interested. 

Itinerary

October 8/9th: Arrive Hue 

October 10th: Visitation/Teaching at University of Hue

October 11,12,13: Hue Clinics. Phu Vang Regional Hospital

October 14th: Travel from Hue overland to Da Nang/ Visitation to Medical Technology and Pharmacy University. where we will have the weekend free to explore the local area which is rich with culture, history, food and drink.

October 15/16th: Free Weekend. Organized day trips are scheduled and included in the mission fee or just explore at your own pace… or both. 

October 17/18th:   Da Nang Clinics. Da Nang Regional Agent Orange Center.

October 19th: Travel Home from Da Nang.

This will truly be a mission of a lifetime and will remain fresh in your memory for years to come. We ask for your commitment by August 1st so we can secure our working visas, accommodations and transfers. Despite the history of the 60’s and 70’s, the people of Vietnam are incredibly warm, open and inviting to Americans. Although the country has experienced incredible economic growth, the pandemic of the last two years has created a national health crisis, with the people in the rural provinces continuing to suffer under extreme poverty and lack of medical resources.  Please join us in our efforts to improve the medical condition of these proud and struggling people. 

Thank you so much for your time and past commitments in helping the people of Vietnam. We hope you can do it again in 2022.

Cost: $2500.  Includes all in-country transportation during the mission, double occupancy lodging, meals, non- alcoholic drinks, tips fees, medical supplies, medications tours and transfers.  

Steve Mason, Vietnam mission team leader
360-607-8400
masonimage@mac.com

Ed Atwell, M.D., Vietnam mission co-team leader
atwelle@gmail.com
770-655-5268
MOA President, Founder