Vinacapital Foundation provides free heart check-up for children in Yen Bai

On December 21 and 22, Heartbeat Vietnam - a program of The VinaCapital Foundation and the doctors from the Cardiology Center of E Hospital Hanoi organized a mobile outreach clinic for more than 900 children in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Children in Yen Bai get free check-ups. (Photo: Vinacapital Foundation)

A large number of families took their children to Yen Bai Obstetrics And Pediatrics Hospital and General Hospital of Nghia Lo Area to get the free examination and consultancy from doctors about cardiovascular health. As a result, 925 children under 18 years old received free heart scanning.

Of the 925 children who came, doctors did 407 echocardiograms, diagnosed 23 cases of congenital heart defects that need heart surgeries, and 31 cases that need further follow - up to determine the exact health problems. Heartbeat Vietnam will follow the cases of these children to support them soon in the near future.

With the sponsor from FedEx and support of provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and doctors from Cardiology Center of E Hospital Hanoi and local officials, Heartbeat Vietnam was able to bring the opportunity of getting heart scanning at least once in a lifetime to the children of Yen Bai province.

Founded in 2007 and underwritten by VinaCapital to realize the firm vision of “going forward and giving back”, The VinaCapital Foundation (VCF) aims to empower the children and youth of Vietnam by providing opportunities for growth and improvement through health and education programs. The work of VCF touches the lives of millions in Vietnam’s all 63 provinces every year.

VCF’s grassroots medical programs include Heartbeat Vietnam and Outreach Clinics - designed to locate disadvantaged children with congenital heart defects and other non-communicable diseases in even the remotest areas and provide access to quality healthcare.

Medical capacity building programs are partnerships with the Ministry of Health and include Critical Response emergency care – pediatric advanced life support training & emergency equipment, and Survive to Thrive – building capacity for neonatal care.

Heartbeat Vietnam has provided heart operations since 2006 for children across Vietnam, as well as helping to improve cardiac and pediatric care in Vietnam via a telemedicine training series, equipment donations, and support for province-level pediatric outreach centers./.

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