Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – As many as 61 patientsfrom the central region and the Central Highlands got free surgical operationsto mend their congenital deformities from June 17-28 at the Hue CentralHospital.
This comes within the framework of a charitable programme jointly held by the hospital and the ReSurge International of the US. Thepatients, mostly children, were selected from the 130 cases.
ReSurge International is an organization originating fromthe Standford University of the US, pioneering in performing free operations indeveloping countries.
Meanwhile, from June 29-July 3, the Thai Nguyen CentralHospital in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, the Operation Smile Viet Namand the Thai Nguyen provincial fund for the children will conduct free checksand operations for 100 children with harelip from a number of northernmountainous provinces.
This is an activity in response to the Month of Action forChildren this year with the motto of “Joint work for poor and ethnic minority children”,“Fair development chances for children” and “No children left behind”.
The Operation Smile Viet Nam started its work in 1994,conducting operations on children with the deformity. The organisation pledgedto assist the fund with over 10 billion VND (about 430,000 USD) this year.-VNA
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