ASIA : VIETNAM : SISTERS HELP THE POOR IN COLD

UCAN REPORT:

ucanews.com reporter, Hue
Religious sisters from congregations in Hue have distributed blankets, food and money to the poor to meet rising needs amid plummeting temperatures that have seen hundreds hospitalized for weather-related illness.

Local media has reported that an estimated 1,000 people have been admitted to the state-run Central Hospital in Hue since mid-January for respiratory ailments.
Daughters of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Sister Mari Vu Thi Ngoc, who runs Kim Long clinic in Hue, said the clinic has been treating 200 patients a day suffering from respiratory infections, colds and flu.
Cold weather, which has seen temperatures drop to 10 degrees Celsius in the evenings, has also damaged crops, according to state media.
Some 800,000 square meters of rice and flower crops have been destroyed by the cold snap, which began early last month, the report said.
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