HCM City: Over 2.5 trillion VND raised for poor patients

The information was revealed during a ceremony
recently held in the city to mark the association’s 25th founding anniversary
and to honour sponsors, medical workers and organisations that have accompanied
the SAPP-HCMC over the years.

Also at the ceremony, the SAPP-HCMC mobilised
over 50 billion VND (2.15 million USD) and received entry in the Vietnam
Guinness Book of Records as the charitable organisation supporting the largest
number of heart operations in Vietnam, with 8,000 cases.

At the event, Chairman of the municipal
People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong spoke highly of the association’s efforts
and affirmed that its activities have contributed to easing pains of poor
patients in HCM City, other localities of Vietnam as well as neighbouring
countries of Laos and Cambodia.

The SAPP-HCMC has served as a bridge connecting
kind hearts with hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged people, contributing to
the city’s sustainable poverty reduction, he noted.

Phong also asked the association to increase
humanitarian programmes and work with departments, organisations, and donors to
seek more social sources in the time ahead, pledging that the city will create
favourable conditions for its activities.

Established in 1994, the SAPP-HCMC has launched
various humanitarian programmes and activities to support poor patients, namely
“For the children’s smile”, “Heart operation for poor children” and “Bringing
light to poor patients”, among others.

The “Heart operation for poor children”
programme has raised more than 410 billion VND (17.6 million USD) for conducting
surgery for 8,150 children with congenital heart diseases in 46 localities
across the country.-VNA