The “Trai tim cho em” (Operation Healthy Heart) programme has provided free surgery for nearly 5,200 children suffering from congenital heart defects, heard a gala held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 15.
About 10,000 people are expected to take part in the 2019 Run for the Heart race, an annual event to support disadvantaged children with congenital heart diseases.
Heartbeat Vietnam, VinaCapital Foundation’s health care programme, has funded 7,000 life-saving heart operations for disadvantaged children with congenital heart defects in Vietnam after 12 years of operation.
More than 1,500 children in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak received free screening and consultation for congenital heart diseases on April 19-21.
People with disabilities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue are to receive better healthcare under the project “Raising Voices, Creating Opportunities” funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) via the Action to the Community Development Centre (ACDC).
Free heart disease screenings were given to poor children under 16 years old in northern Thai Binh province on August 12 as part of a charity project “Trai tim cho em” (Operation Healthy Heart).
The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of central Phu Yen province teamed up with Tam Duc Heart Hospital to provide free screening tests on congenital heart defects for local needy children on April 9.
The Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Chapter in the last 5 years gave over 1.46 trillion VND to various charity and humanitarian activities, up 224 percent compared to the previous five-year period.
Doctors from two Hanoi-based hospitals have successfully saved the life of an infant born to a mother suffering a sudden cardiac arrest in surgery that was calculated by the second.
The capital city of Hanoi will invest over 160 billion VND, or 7.18 million USD, in an initiative to boost the early detection of birth defects in the city between 2016 and 2020.
The Nhi Dong 1 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City is working with the city’s
Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease Society and several
lower-level hospitals to establish a network for treatment and
management of congenital heart diseases across southern Vietnam.
Around 200 leading experts specialising in congenital and structural
heart diseases are gathering in Ho Chi Minh City for an international
conference on right-sided heart intervention from A to Z from January
14-16.
Thousands of local residents and expats joined a charity run around
Thien Quang lake in Hanoi on November 9, the 14 th run of its kind, in
support of children suffering from cancer and congenital heart defects.
Leading Vietnamese paediatrician Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Liem has
impressed surgeons worldwide with his huge advancements in endoscopic
surgery, applying techniques he invented himself. Report by Radio the
Voice of Vietnam (VOV).
Thousands of Vietnamese children living with congenital heart disease,
the most common type of birth defect that can lead to death, are
awaiting social support to regain control over their lives.
The programme “Connecting the Hearts” was held in New York on April 4
to raise fund and call for assistance to children with heart disease in
Vietnam .
60 disadvantaged children suffering from
congenital heart defects will fly to the Republic of Korea (RoK)
for free heart surgery assisted by Sunny Korea – from the RoK.
Some 124 children suffering from
congenital heart defects in the central province of Phu Yen will receive
free surgeries, each worth over 50 million VND, this summer.
The Quad Personnel Consultant company
of the United States on January 12 announced a 5,000 USD aid package to
help children suffering from congenital heart defects in the central
province of Quang Ngai.
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