icylemon
regine's hair is so long!
yah, they really poor thing in vietnam. no money to travel from village to hospital, got to borrow from neighbours everytime she goes for check-up. apparently one of the families is in US$800 debt, which will take them a lifetime to pay. the head heart surgeon there only earn US$200 a month!
the surgery for kids under 6 is free, but that also means there is a long long wait. and they showed footage of the hospital where 2-3 babies had to share each hospital bed. the parents from rural areas cannot afford ho chih minn's hotel rates so they camp out at the hospital corridors. so sad.
vanilla
it's really nice to see singaporean doctors going abroad to help. he brought a whole team, quite a few surgeons and nurses. one kid did not respond when they clamped the hole in the heart so they couldn't complete the op and the local surgeons would have to follow-up on the open heart surgery and no telling whether the kid would make it...