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Bright Future Fund benefits 32,000 cancer patients over last decade

The Supportive Fund for Cancer Patients, or Bright Future Fund, has provided relief aid for over 32,000 impoverished cancer patients nationwide over almost a decade, heard at conference held on January 13 to review its performance in 2021 and map out tasks for this year.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Supportive Fund for CancerPatients, or Bright Future Fund, has provided relief aid for over 32,000 impoverishedcancer patients nationwide over almost a decade, heard at conference held on January 13 to reviewits performance in 2021 and map out tasks for this year.

In her opening remarks, the fund’s chairwoman Assoc. Prof.,Dr. Nguyen Thi Xuyen, said as Vietnam has been facing unprecedented challengescaused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the Bright Future Fund carried on withits mission to support needy people.

Last year, the fund donated nearly 700 million VND worth ofmedical supplies and coronavirus test kits for hospitals and gave cash to653 disadvantaged cancer patients. It also offered free breast cancerscreening for over 2,700 people, worth 2.77 billion VND, which has detectedeight cases, Xuyen said.

It donated 237 billion VND worth of cancer treatment drug Keytruda for23 hospitals, benefiting about 560 patients. Additionally, it started to offerother cancer medicine called Lenvima to nine hospitals last December, sheadded.

Xuyen expressed her gratitude towards donors, sayingthanks to their valuable support, cancer patients have afforded to continuetreatment and kept faith in a brighter future ahead. She pledged that the fundwill continue expanding its network across hospitals nationwide and providingaid and free medicines and screening to patients in 2022.

The Bright Future Fund started operation in June 2012./.
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