The program 'Heart for Children' provides free heart disease screening for more than 1,300 children in Nghe An

Dinh Nguyet November 12, 2023 15:00

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of November 12, the program "Heart for Children" organized screening and free surgery support activities for children under 16 years old at Nghe An General Friendship Hospital.

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Ultrasound doctors screen children for cardiovascular diseases at the program. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

On November 11 and 12, the program "Heart for Children" examined and screened for congenital heart disease for free for more than 1,300 children in the province. After the program, cases requiring intervention, surgery and those in difficult circumstances will be guided by the program to complete their records to receive completely free treatment.

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Attending the program were representatives of the Nghe An Department of Health, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, the Vietnamese Heart Fund, Viettel Nghe An and related units. Photo: Dinh Nguyet
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Lieutenant Colonel Le Duc Chung - Director of Viettel Nghe An spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Speaking at the program, Lieutenant Colonel Le Duc Chung - Director of Viettel Nghe An emphasized: "This is the third time the program "Heart for Children" has come to children in Nghe An province; previously in 2016 and 2019, the program organized screening examinations for nearly 3,000 children in the province. To make the program successful, in addition to the support and attention of local leaders, sponsorship from businesses, organizations and individuals, the important contribution of the team of leading cardiovascular specialists of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, Nghe An General Friendship Hospital, Do Luong General Hospital directly examine, consult and perform heart surgery; with the goal and desire to bring joy and a new life to less fortunate children".

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Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Truong Thiet Hung - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province hoped that Viettel and Tam Long Viet Fund would continue to accompany the locality with many meaningful charity programs, supporting more disadvantaged children in the province. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

The program "Heart for Children" was founded and operated by the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group (Viettel) and Tam Long Viet Fund - Vietnam Television from 2008 to present.

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The "Heart for Children" program held in Nghe An received the attention of local leaders, sponsorship from businesses, organizations, individuals and important contributions from a team of leading cardiovascular specialists. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Free heart screening for poor children in the localities has become a regular activity of the “Heart for Children” program. Over the past 15 years, 97 free screening programs have been organized to detect early congenital heart disease for more than 159,000 children in disadvantaged areas of the country.

The program has supported surgery costs for more than 6,900 patients, with an average surgery cost of up to 40 million VND per case. Having a child with congenital heart disease is a real burden and not every family can afford it, so the program is implemented with funding from Viettel (committed to sponsor 5 billion VND/year) and socialized resources will support all surgery costs for children with congenital heart disease in difficult circumstances./.

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