April 18, 2018 | 20:22 (GMT+7)
Gifts presented to children with cleft lip, palate
Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha visited and presented gifts to children who are receiving treatment for cleft lip, cleft palate and odontogenic cysts at the National Hospital of Odonto - Stomatology in Hanoi on April 17.
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Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha visits and presents gift to a patient. Source: laodongxahoi.net |
Gifts worth VND 500,000 (USD 22) each were granted to 58 children from Hanoi and the Northern provinces of Phu Tho, Bac Kan, Lao Cai and Dien Bien, who received surgeries funded by Operation Smile Vietnam – a nonprofit medical service organization.
Some 2,000 babies are born with cleft lip and cleft palate every year in Vietnam.
Since 1994, the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) has run Operation Smile to provide cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries for children. To date, nearly 30,000 children have benefited from the program.
The NFVC has also mobilized resources to provide post-surgery assistance for children, thus helping them practice pronunciation and integrate into the community.
Source: VNA