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HCM City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases receives aid to serve COVID-19 treatment

Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper in conjunction with the Ho Chi Minh City Young Entrepreneurs Association on March 10 presented medical equipment worth 6.5 billion VND (282,600 USD) to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases to serve its treatment for COVID-19 patients.
HCM City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases receives aid to serve COVID-19 treatment ảnh 1HCM City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases receives aid to serve COVID-19 treatment (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper in conjunction with the Ho Chi Minh City Young Entrepreneurs Association on March 10 presented medical equipmentworth 6.5 billion VND (282,600 USD) to the HCM City Hospital for TropicalDiseases to serve its treatment for COVID-19 patients.

The equipment included an extracorporealmembrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, two continuous dialysis machines and twomonitors, which were purchased with funds donated by individuals, businesses,readers of the Tuoi Tre Newspaper.

Le TheChu, Editor-in-Chief of the Tuoi tre Newspaper said that the donation is part of thesecond phase of a programme to support the fight against COVID-19, especially inemergency activities and treatment.

In the first phase, the programme received 28.2 billion VND in cash and kind to support various activities, including presenting medical equipment, awardingscholarships, donating capital to pandemic-affected people, support frontlineforces in the fight against the pandemic, Chu said.

Besides the programme, in February 2021, Tuoi Tre Newspaper launched another campaign to raise funds for buying COVID-19 vaccines. As of March 9, the campaignhas raised more than 6.3 billion VND from readers, businesses, andorganisations nationwide./.

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