The checkups and surgeries will be conducted from December 17 to 23 at Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University for nearly 100 kids; and from December 19 to 23 at the Vietnam-Cuba Hospital in Hanoi for about 80 needy children.
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The children with free operations offered by Operation Smile Vietnam are between 6 to 18 months old and should have the weight between 8 to 12 kgs as well as free from heart diseases, severe malnutrition, high fever, diarrhea or asthma. Besides, patients will be supported part of cost of transportation and accommodation during hospitalization.

For registrations, people can contact with Operation Smile via office phone in Hanoi (04.3936 5426) and Ho Chi Minh City (08.2222 1008) during office hours or the hotline: 090 488 5555.

Over the past 27 years, the program provided safe surgeries for over 40,000 children nationwide. However, about 3,000 children were born with deformities a year but only a few of them are offered free checkups and treatment.

Translated by Chung Anh