As many as 300 local Vietnamese children with congenital heart diseases are expected to receive financial support for surgeries each year under a programme recently issued by the Municipal People’s Committee.
Those eligible for the programme have health insurance, come from impoverished or nearly-impoverished families, receive local social welfare or live in social protection institutions across the city.
The programme is co-funded by the Health Insurance Fund, the Social Protection Fund, the Medicine Fund for the Poor and organisations and individuals.
Beneficiary children will also receive food allowances during 15 days and travel costs.
The Medicine Fund for the Poor plans to allocate some 4.5 billion VND (210,000 USD) for the programme each year.-VNA
Those eligible for the programme have health insurance, come from impoverished or nearly-impoverished families, receive local social welfare or live in social protection institutions across the city.
The programme is co-funded by the Health Insurance Fund, the Social Protection Fund, the Medicine Fund for the Poor and organisations and individuals.
Beneficiary children will also receive food allowances during 15 days and travel costs.
The Medicine Fund for the Poor plans to allocate some 4.5 billion VND (210,000 USD) for the programme each year.-VNA
