During the program, doctors from Viet Duc Friendship Hospital provided free cardiac examinations and medical consultancy for children under 16 at Tan Lac District General Hospital. The program will also provide financial assistance for surgeries for needy children with cardiac diseases.

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 Heart checkup given to the needy
After the two-day program, more than 3,300 children had hearts screened, and 75 cardiac cases were identified, including 27 serious cases that require immediate surgery.

The “Healthy heart for children” program has helped many needy children nationwide with heart diseases. Since 2011, over 34,000 children in the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Ha Giang, Gia Lai, Dong Nai, Cao Bang, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Son La, Tuyen Quang, Hau Giang... received heart checkups with nearly 900 congenital heart diseases.

This was the second time that the “Healthy heart for children” program has provided free heart checkups for needy children in Hoa Binh province. In 2015, the program offered free heart checkups for over 1,000 children and supported surgeries for nearly 100 of them in the locality.

Officially kicked off since October 2008, the program has supported 3,500 children with heart diseases nationwide, attracted the participation of many enterprises and received high appreciation from the society.

Translated by Minh Anh