PANO – The Association of Patronage of Women and Disadvantaged Children in Da Nang held a conference to review a treatment program for poor children with congenital heart disease.

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The Association, in collaboration with health centers, organized 156 places to conduct free checks-up for more than 51,000 children. Accordingly, 231 cases of congenital heart disease were found.

In the first six months of 2016, the association selected 126 cases of congenital heart disease, and 37 children received free heart surgeries costing nearly VND2 billion.

As scheduled in the last six months, the program will provide free heart surgeries for 70 children at a cost of VND3 billion.

Translated by Lam Anh