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Blood Center offers children free laser treatment
Blood Center offers children free laser treatment Quoc Ngoc By Quoc Ngoc in HCMC HCMC University of Medicine and Pharmacy’s Blood Center says it will extend free treatment to children aged 6 to 12 this year. It was earlier reported that the number of patients coming for checks and treatment has been on the rise. In the last two years the center has given free laser treatment to children aged under six and poor people. From March 2012 to September 2013, 5,748 patients came to the center, 2,380 of whom received laser treatment with 1,153 children aged under six and 81 others getting treatment for free. Speaking at a ceremony marking the center’s five-year anniversary last week, representatives from the center said that they will expand facilities for training and scientific research in the future. Most importantly, the center is likely to offer free treatment to children from 6 to 12 years old and transfer its medical technology to other cities and provinces. In … [Read more...] about Blood Center offers children free laser treatment
Southern hub to give sick children free treatment
Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Health got nod from the People's Committee Tuesday to implement a free treatment program for children suffering from malignant blood-related diseases, including blood cancer. Children younger than six with permanent or temporary HCMC residency are eligible to enjoy full privileges granted by the program. The free program will benefit many children who do not have health insurance, even those in need of such serious procedures as heart surgery. … [Read more...] about Southern hub to give sick children free treatment
Fund launched to offer children free milk
Fund launched to offer children free milk (01-07-2008) HA NOI — About 50,000 Vietnamese poor children across the country will be provided free milk as part of the "one million milk glasses" fund for poor children, launched in Ha Noi yesterday. The project, initiated by Viet Nam Fund for Children and Vinamilk, will ensure the distribution of 20 free milk boxes to each child in 14 cities and provinces nation-wide in July and August. The programme, to which Vinamilk committed products worth at least VND 3 billion (nearly US$180,000), is expected to become an on-going event in the near future. Addressing the launch, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said she expected to receive support from domestic and international organisations for the fund's extension in a bid to help reduce the rate of under-five children malnutrition to below 20 per cent by 2010. One in three Vietnamese children under five's growth is stunted while one in five is underweight, … [Read more...] about Fund launched to offer children free milk
VND 1,200 Billion to Be for Under-Six Children Free Treatment
A year after the free treatment program for under-six children was underway, on June 1, Nguyen Trong An, Deputy Director, Department of Children, the Viet Nam Commission for Population Family and Children, said that nearly 10 million under-six children were issued free healthcare cards, reaching 90% of under-six children nationwide. Issuing treatment cards to children has made tratment convenient for them, especially poor children. However, Mr. An admitted that there remains situation of a surplus of funds and yet shortage of benefits. For example, in 2005, only nearly VND 500 billion was spent on free children healthcare in localities, meanwhile the government approved over VND 700 billion. In many cases, some children suffering fatal diseases have still not yet been paid for their treatment. Recently, the Viet Nam Commission for Population Family and Children has submitted their petition to the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children for … [Read more...] about VND 1,200 Billion to Be for Under-Six Children Free Treatment