Those children receiving operations were provided with 300 USD for surgery and hospitalisation costs. On the occasion, doctors also offered medical check-ups for children who had been operated on in previous courses.

A baby with cleft palates receives an examination.

Deputy head of the Odonto-Stomatology Ward under the hospital of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tran Tan Tai stated that this is the fifth time the RoK’s non-profit organisation Global Care has coordinated with the university to organise free surgery programmes for children with cleft palate.

To date, more than 100 children in the central and Central Highlands regions have benefited from the programme.

This time, Global Care and the university jointly held a seminar on cleft palate surgery to share and update information on cutting-edge technologies in the field.

VN wins int’l award for laparoscopic liver surgery video

A research team from the HCM City University Medical Centre won the award for the best laparoscopic liver surgery video at the  1st World Congress of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society held in Paris earlier this month.

 

Bac Giang Oncology Hospital successfully implements endoscopic technique for large-sized colon polyp surgery

(BGO) - With the support of doctors of the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital, the Bac Giang Oncology Hospital has just successfully performed an endoscopic surgery of a large-sized colon polyp. 

 

Launching surgery programme for needy people and national contributors

(BGO) – This year, the Kind Heart Fund of VinGroup continues cooperating with Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Central Committee to implement the surgery programme for poor patients and revolutionary contributor nationwide.

 

Vietnam has first-ever robot-assisted kidney removal surgery

Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have carried out kidney removal from living donors using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery.

 

Vietnam performs first successful one-hole endoscopic thyroid surgery in the world

The Hanoi-based National Hospital of Endocrinology (NHE) says that it has successfully applied the one-hole endoscopic thyroid surgery technique, making it the first time that such a technique has been successfully applied in the world.

 

Source: VNA