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

HCM City’s 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 equipment
worth 6.5 billion VND (282,600 USD) to the Hospital for Tropical
Diseases to serve its treatment for COVID-19 patients.

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

Le The
Chu, Editor-in-Chief of the Tuoi tre Newspaper said that the donation is part of the
second phase of a programme to support the fight against , especially in
emergency 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, awarding
scholarships, donating capital to pandemic-affected people, support frontline
forces in the fight against the pandemic, Chu s.

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 campaign
has raised more than 6.3 billion VND from readers, businesses, and
organisations nationwide./.