obstetrics Archives - The Jivaka Project

Tuệ Tĩnh đường Hải Đức (Huế, Vietnam)

August 10, 2021December 30, 2023 Rice Univ. Research Team Vietnam acupuncture, biomedicine, charity, community, dermatology, free clinic, gynecology, internal medicine, obstetrics, otolaryngology, politics

The organization Tuệ Tĩnh đường Hải Đức operates four free medical clinics in the Thừa Thiên Huế Province of Vietnam. Under the umbrella organization Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, these clinics have medically trained monks and nuns that use a combination of traditional Vietnamese medicine and Western medicine to treat hundreds of patients a day.

Hospital Los Ángeles (Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay)

August 10, 2021December 30, 2023 Rice Univ. Research Team Latin America biomedicine, Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA), charity, community, Foguang Shan, free clinic, Humanistic Buddhism, Mahāyāna, obstetrics, pediatrics

Hospital Los Ángeles was established by Foguang Shan, a transnational humanistic Buddhist organization based in Taiwan. Currently, Hospital Los Ángeles is one of the most prominent hospitals in Ciudad del Este that specialize in maternal and neonatal care.