Samsung Vina offers $300,000 more to child heart patients
Samsung Vina Electronics joint venture announced Friday it would offer assistance worth $300,000 to congenital heart patients in Vietnam in the second phase of the 2007-11 program, “Heart to Heart”.
Director-General of Samsung Vina, Sang Youl Eom expressed his elation with the continuation of the program, “We are glad that our program has saved the lives of many needy children.
“It has also, more importantly, trained Vietnamese doctors and transferred to the country the most up-to-date technology, allowing more patients to be treated,” Sang said.
On the occasion of the ceremony held for the first phase from 2003 to 2006 at Hanoi-based Daewoo hotel, Sang also provided the National Pediatrics Hospital (NPH) with a new ambulance worth $37,000.
The program, launched in 2003, is a result of cooperation between Samsung Vina, Korean-based Samsung Medical Center and the NPH; offering free diagnosis, treatment and operations for poor children who suffer congenital heart disease, as well as providing health staff with training and technology transfer.
Under the first phase, worth $250,000, of 41 patients receiving operations, nine of the most serious cases were brought to the Republic of Korea for further treatment.
In addition, thirty Vietnamese doctors have flown to the RoK to attend short training courses, and the NPH itself has received $43,000 in advanced health care equipment.
Addressing the ceremony, head of the NPH Heart Department, Doctor Pham Huu Hoa said, “With the new technology and know-how from our Korean counterparts, we have successfully saved more than 300 patients.”
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