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Campaign continues funding child heart operations

by VTV402 July 2015 Last updated at 18:27 PM

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Campaign continues funding child heart operations
VTV.vn - A 7-year-old national charity campaign to fund heart operations for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, announced the start of its second phase on Tuesday.

Vietnam Television and mobile network, Viettel hosted the announcing press conference.

The “Trái tim cho em” or “A Heart for You” campaign will continue funding operations for children from 2015 to 2020.Established in 2008, the campaign has raised 4.1 million USD to date. More than 2,700 children from disadvantaged backgrounds and living with heart disease have benefited from the charity. The campaign has also provided early diagnosis for 16,000 children and supported 7 local hospitals with infrastructure to conduct heart operations. The programme hopes to provide operations for 3,000 children in the second phase, while providing heath check-ups for 30,000 others.