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Children with cleft-palate receiving free surgeries 
According to Professor of Cosmetic Surgery Oh Kap Sung from Samsung Seoul Hospital, patients are those suffering from cleft palate, burns, syndactyly (having webbed fingers or toes), microtia (a congenital deformation of the external ear) and polydactyly (having more than five fingers or toes on one hand or foot).

The Korean professor said such surgeries could change the life of a patient because it helps them live without inferiority complexes and affirmed that the program aims to make contributions to that change. 

This program, launched by Samsung in 2010, involves 184 voluntary staff who perform humanitarian surgeries, being sent to 6 developing countries in Africa, Central and South America and Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and since 2016, Vietnam.

The program in Vietnam carried out in Thai Nguyen province since 2016 has brought joy and smiles to 15 patients and provided free health checkups and medicines to nearly 1,000 people.

“The opening of a Samsung Vietnam company in Thai Nguyen province has given us a chance to cooperate with Hospital A. We hope that the ties between Samsung Seoul Hospital and Hospital A will contribute to reinforce the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK)”, said the Korean medical expert.

Translated by Mai Huong