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Submitted by ctv_en_6 on Thu, 12/24/2009 - 16:39
The Ho Chi Minh City Association for Sponsoring Poor Patients plans to establish an eye bank to facilitate free eye operations for the poor and enlarge the network of participating hospitals that provide free heart surgeries to poor children in the 2009-2014 period.
Addressing the fourth congress of the association held in HCM City on Dec. 23, Acting Chairman Le Thanh Hai said the establishment of the eye bank would help expand the “Bringing eyesight for the poor blind” programme and ensure the performance of 30,000 surgeries per year.

He also listed the other programmes it would carry out in the next five years under an overarching plan titled “All for poor patients” that seeks to continue to save lives and relieve the pain of the poor and disabled people in 35 cities and provinces.

With the support of VinaCapital Group, East Meets West Foundation, and individual donors, an ongoing programme titled “Save the lives of 1,000 children born with heart disease” will be expanded to include more hospitals to the existing eight.

As many as 5,000 wheelchairs will be donated to all disabled people living in HCM City per year. The “Sound and voice for the deaf and dumb children” programme will provide 2,000 hearing aids every year. The “Smile for the young” programme will provide free surgery to children with cleft palates, while the “Free meals for poor patients” programme will build a kitchen in every hospital to provide free meals to poor patients.

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