Children in Nam Dinh province receive free heart checkups (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The
organising panel of the “” programme recently held free
heart checkups for children across Vietnam.
Children in the northern province
of Nam Dinh on January 6-7 received and consultation which
were held by the provincial Children’s hopital, the Vietnam National Hospital
of Paediatrics and military-run telecom company Viettel.
A total of 100 out of 870 tested
children required operations while many detected to have respiratory issues,
anaemia or were malnourished.
Those with symptoms of heart
disease will be treated for six months and those with congenital heart disease
will be offered free operations at the Vietnam National Hospital of Paediatrics.
The programme, in collaboration
with the children’s hospital of the southern province of Binh Duong, organised a
free checkup activity for children under 16 from January 7-8 in the locality.
About 3,000 kids registered for
the checkup on the first day.
The programme aimed to detect
heart disease early and provide children with prompt treatment, said Vo Ngoc
Quang, Deputy Director of Viettel Binh Duong, a sponsor of the scheme.
Launched in October 2008, the Operation
Healthy Heart programme has provided more than 3,440 children suffering from
heart defects nationwide with access to life-saving operations.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
