WHEN THIS four-year-old boy was brought from his village many miles away, he was not expected to make it through the night. But intensive care saw him through the worst of his hand, foot and mouth disease, which is at epidemic proportions in parts of Vietnam and can be prevented by good hygiene practices. He is now resting quietly in a [...] Read more

Infant mortality from what are treatable diseases in the West has become a confronting reality for MEDRIX and the Seattle Pacific University nursing students, who have now spent a week caring for children at Hue Central Hospital, Vietnam. However, MEDRIX is utilizing its resources in desperate situations to provide rays of hope for worlds of difference for Vietamese mothers, [...] Read more

MEDRIX usually sponsors only children; however, the Hue Central Hospital asked us to take ‘pity’ on Mrs Chin, who is a mother of three children and has a husband who is disabled. Mrs Chin traveled more than 320 miles from her village, where she and her husband are farmers of dry land rice which is dependent [...] Read more

The joy of hope: a father discovers that MEDRIX will sponsor his son’s heart surgery. MEDRIX and a team of Seattle Pacific University nursing students have made it to Hue Vietnam to care for children undergoing heart surgery. As the realities of poverty hit the group – where lack of funds or medical assistance mean that children [...] Read more

Here is a water project update from Robert Catherman- MEDRIX’s Director of Safe Water Development: “I am working on the proposal for safe water systems for schools in Vietnam. To make decisions about where water treatment systems would work best, we need complete information about the number of students in each school and the source [...] Read more