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title: Đoàn y tế Tây Ban Nha phục vụ đồng bào Gò Công (A Spanish Medical Team Serves the People of Go Cong)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/spanish-medical-team-go-cong-1965-1969/
description: A photo-essay poster reports that a Spanish medical team of four doctors and eight specialists is serving Go Cong province.
section: Collection
---

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[![Đoàn y tế Tây Ban Nha phục vụ đồng bào Gò Công, 1965 US poster: A photo-essay poster reports that a Spanish medical team](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/spanish-medical-team-go-cong-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/spanish-medical-team-go-cong-1965-1969.jpg)

# Đoàn y tế Tây Ban Nha phục vụ đồng bào Gò Công (A Spanish Medical Team Serves the People of Go Cong)

A photo-essay poster reports that a Spanish medical team of four doctors and eight specialists is serving Go Cong province, with four captioned photographs of a child's head being bandaged, an operation, a microscope examination and a bedside examination. The text frames the team as one of the 'medical teams of the free world' that have helped the Vietnamese people. The tell is the appeal to a wider coalition of allies, shown through a single humanitarian activity.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ĐOÀN Y TẾ TÂY BAN NHA PHỤC VỤ ĐỒNG BÀO GÒ CÔNG

NHƯ NHỮNG ĐOÀN Y TẾ CỦA THẾ GIỚI TỰ DO ĐÃ TỪNG GIÚP PHỤC VỤ NHÂN DÂN VIỆT NAM, ĐOÀN Y-TẾ TÂY BAN NHA ĐÃ PHỤC VỤ DÂN CHÚNG TỈNH GÒ CÔNG MỘT CÁCH TẬN TỤY. ĐOÀN GỒM CÓ 4 BÁC SĨ VÀ 8 CHUYÊN VIÊN. ĐOÀN CÔNG TÁC NHIỀU NHẤT TẠI BỆNH VIỆN TRƯƠNG CÔNG ĐỊNH (GÒ CÔNG), CŨNG ĐI THĂM VIẾNG CÁC ẤP TÂN SINH ĐỂ CHỮA BỆNH VÀ PHÂN PHÁT THUỐC MEN CHO DÂN CHÚNG.

Đây một bác sĩ Tây Ban Nha đang khám bệnh. Vì những cố găng tận tụy, đoàn đã được dân chúng cảm mến.

Hai bác sĩ đang giải phẫu tại bệnh viện Trương Công Định. Nhiều người đáng lẽ phải chịu què quặt hay chết đã được chữa lành, cứu sống.

Những bác sĩ và chuyên viên của đoàn cũng để nhiều thì giờ vào việc nghiên cứu các chứng bệnh đặc biệt để giúp chữa trị bệnh nhân.

Một nhân viên của đoàn đang khám bệnh. Tất cả những bệnh nhân đều được săn sóc kỹ lưỡng cho đến khi lành mạnh.

SP-1541
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
A SPANISH MEDICAL TEAM SERVES THE PEOPLE OF GO CONG

Like the medical teams of the free world that have helped serve the Vietnamese people, the Spanish medical team has served the people of Go Cong province devotedly. The team consists of 4 doctors and 8 specialists. The team works mostly at the Truong Cong Dinh hospital (Go Cong) and also visits the new settlement hamlets to treat illness and distribute medicine to the people.

Here a Spanish doctor is examining a patient. Because of its devoted efforts, the team has won the affection of the people.

Two doctors operating at the Truong Cong Dinh hospital. Many who would have been crippled or died have been healed and saved.

The team's doctors and specialists also spend much time researching particular diseases in order to help treat patients.

A member of the team examining a patient. All patients are cared for attentively until they recover.

SP-1541
```

[← South Vietnam: With the Help of Friendly Nations, South Vietnamese Soldiers Are Fighting and Winning](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/south-vietnam-with-the-help-of-friendly-nations-1965-1969/) [Special Reward Ceremony for Ralliers in Chuong Thien Province →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/special-reward-ceremony-chuong-thien-1965-1969/)

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