Get-together for children receiving free heart surgeries

11:08, 08/08/2009

(ĐN) - A get-together for 120 children, who received free heart surgeries from the program “For Children’s Hearts”, was held on August 5 by Dong Nai Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

(ĐN) - A get-together for 120 children, who received free heart surgeries from the program “For Children’s Hearts”, was held on August 5 by Dong Nai Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs. 

“For Children’s Hearts” is a humanitarian programme to provide free operations for children with innate heart-disease, funded by the provincial Sponsor’s Fund for Children.

 

Over the past five years, the programme has mobilized more than VND15 billion for heart surgeries for 330 poor children around the province.

 

Reportedly, the program is planning to arrange heart-related operations for nearly 200 children in coming time. Deputy Director of Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Huynh Thi Nghia expressed her hope that the program will continue to receive significant financial support from the community and society to help the children to have a happy and normal life.

 

Reported by Đ.T