Cath Lab Receives Makeover

In 2001, Assist International installed the only Cath Lab at the Nguyen Trai Hospital, the hospital for poor patients in Ho Chi Minh City. There are a lot of poor people in Ho Chi Minh City. There are a lot of sick people in Ho Chi Minh City. The hospital is always overcrowded and understaffed.

Since the installation of the equipment in 2001, the hospital does over 20 procedures a week. Doctors have the ability to do investigative procedures and to give "stints" when needed. The equipment was in need of refurbishing.

Recently, Tim 'I save lives' Larsen of Heart Lab and Dale 'the Enforcer' Frodin, a Toshiba Engineer did a complete "makeover" of the Cath Lab. Toshiba and Heart Lab donated around $100,000 worth of equipment for the Cath Lab and it is now functioning as well as it did 7 years ago.

Everyone celebrated with bowls of rice, rice rolls, coconut rice cream, rice beer, and duck duck rice.