A child receives free heart checkup during the programme in Lai Chau. (Photo: VNA)
Lai Chau (VNA) – Some 2,000 children and teenagers under 16
years old in the northern provine of Lai Chau recieved have for
in a two-day charity programme.
The programme was organised by military-run
telecom group Viettel, Vietnam Television (VTV), Hanoi-based E Hospital and Lai Chau provincial General
Hospital on July 13 -14.
Addressing the event, Director of the Viettel
branch in Dao Nhu Quynh said in each family of a child with congenital
heart disease, at least one person of working age needs to stay at home to look after the child, increasing the financial burden on the family. The
sooner the disease is cured, the better as it improves the child’s well-being, allows them to go to school and enables their parents to focus on making a
living, he noted.
Up to 80 percent of people with congenital heart
disease are cured if they are
dianogsed early and receive treatment, said Doctor Tran Bac Dai, head of the
medical team from E Hospital. He advised patients’ families to not be pessimistic nor hesitate to take them to the doctors.
This is the second time a free heart disease screening
for children has been held in
Lai Chau. In 2003, close to 2,000 children were also given free checkups, 24 of
who later recieved surgeries funded by a programme called “Trai tim cho em”
(Operation Healthy Heart). Those dianogsed with heart disease this time will
also be provided with surgery. –VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
