At the ceremony to announce the programme (Photo: voh.com.vn)will receive financed by the Hang Huu
Charity Fund starting this year, announced Chairwoman of the Hang Huu Heart Programme
Nguyen Phuong Hang in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12.
The programme will be carried out simultaneously
with the fund’s another providing free heart surgery for children from disadvantaged
families nationwide, which has been carried out since 2014, Hang said.
In addition, the
will provide local hospitals with necessary equipment for the surgery.
Families of child patients with congenital
cardiac disease and hydrocephalus can register for free surgery at the Cho Ray
Hospital and the Children’s Hospital No.1 in HCM City, and the Da Nang General
Hospital.
According to doctor Phan Minh Tri from the
Children’s Hospital No.1, hydrocephalus is among most dangerous diseases for newborn
babies, causing direct harms to the patients’ nervous system and leaving severe
after-effects without prompt and suitable treatment.
As surgery is the only cure, each year, the
hospital performs up to 70 operations on children with hydrocephalus in the southern
region, he added. -VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
