As many as 56 children with genetic facial defects are receiving medical checkups and surgical operations during a programme held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from July 15 to 20.
As many as 61 patients from the central region and the Central Highlands got free surgical operations to mend their congenital deformities from June 17-28 at the Hue Central Hospital.
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC), on June 10, presented gifts to children, who are treated for maxillofacial defects at the Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Hospital in Hanoi.
Cleft lip and palate is one of the commonest congenital abnormalities. Thanks to charitable surgeries by both domestic and foreign organisations, many parents are now relieved as their kids can gain
A programme providing free screenings and operations for children with cleft lip, cleft palate was held at the General Hospital of the central coastal province of Phu Yen from June 22-26.
Central Da Nang city on June 23 presented scholarships to over 200 students who are children of local workers and civil servants to encourage them to overcome disadvantages to obtain better academic results.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs launched the 2018 action month for children, themed “For children’s safe and healthy living”, in the northern province of Phu Tho on May 27.
The health departments of Hanoi and Paris has signed a cooperation agreement in technology transfer aiming to improve the quality of pre-birth and newborn screening for early deformity detection.
The number of children in Ho Chi Minh City suffering from a condition where the chest appears sunken has increased unusually, doctors from Paediatrics Hospital No 1 said.
The Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University’s Hospital on August 23 announced that it successfully saved the life of a 16-month-old baby girl having her heart lying outside the thorax cavity
The oil and gas company Exxon Mobil Vietnam on August 21 donated 75,000
USD to Operation Smile Vietnam to provide free surgeries on cleft lip
and cleft palate of about 300 children across the country.
HCM City officials, childcare
volunteers and parents will receive additional training in issues
related to children's protection over the next five years, according to
the City 's Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Phu Tho Provincial Health Department
and the Sustainable Health Development Centre (VietHealth) has jointly
carried out a programme to survey and assess the demand for training
communal health workers in Thanh Thuy district of the northern midland
province of Phu Tho.
Health
