Hundreds of poor children receive medical treatment funding

Nearly 490 children with serious illnesses will receive treatment sponsored by the Hope Sun program in 2023, opening up opportunities for healthy living and returning to school.

Chu Diep Chi, 4 years old, from Ha Nam, is one of 487 children with cancer and serious illnesses who will receive support for treatment costs in 2023. Chi has stage 2 nephroblastoma and was prescribed surgery to remove the tumor, radiation therapy, high-dose chemotherapy, and stem cell transplantation by the doctor. With the cost of a transplant reaching hundreds of millions of VND, Luong Thi Phuong and her husband are financially exhausted because one person has to quit work to take care of their two children, while the other person works with a meager salary.

Receiving information about Chi's family situation from the Social Work Department of the National Children's Hospital, the Hope Sun program supported 100 million VND to transfuse stem cells to prevent distant metastasis. The treating doctor said that Chi's health after the transplant was stable, fortunately there were no more malignant cells. Due to the severe metastasis of the tumor, after the stem cell transplant, the child continued to undergo surgery.

Also receiving a 100 million VND sponsorship from Hope Sun, Nguyen Kim Khanh Linh, 2 years old, from Lam Dong, successfully underwent a liver transplant from her mother. Linh was born with biliary atresia, causing biliary obstruction, cirrhosis and liver failure. "My husband and I encouraged each other to overcome this difficult period because it was already lucky for my child to receive a liver transplant," said Nguyen Quang Tai, Linh's father.

Trung Quan, 7 years old, Ho Chi Minh City, has leukemia, and has the dream experience of being a firefighter while being treated at Children's Hospital 2. Photo: Quynh Tran. — Trung Quan, 7 years old, Ho Chi Minh City, has leukemia, and has the dream experience of being a firefighter while being treated at Children's Hospital 2. Photo: *Quynh Tran.*

Currently, 28 stem cell and organ transplants sponsored by the Hope Sun program in 2023 are being performed mainly at the National Children's Hospital, the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Hue Central Hospital, and Children's Hospital 2.

According to doctors, cost is one of the barriers to treatment for many families with children suffering from cancer and serious illnesses. To remove this barrier, the Hope Sun program last year continued to coordinate with the Social Work Department of leading hospitals in cancer and organ transplants to support disadvantaged children. More than 19 billion VND was sponsored for 487 children to access modern medical methods, along with thousands of nutritious meals, helping them improve their physical strength in the process of fighting the disease.

During the implementation process, the program received support from tens of thousands of VnExpress readers and many individuals and organizations such as MIKGroup, Mitsubishi, Novaland, Phuc Hoang An Trading and Service Joint Stock Company, Trung Thuong Auto Joint Stock Company... In particular, Sai Dong Urban Development and Investment Joint Stock Company under VinGroup/Thien Tam Fund sponsored 6 billion VND, of which nearly 1.5 billion VND supported 15 stem cell transplants.

The Sun of Hope is a joint program between the Hope Foundation and the Mr. Sun program, founded by Mr. Minh Nhan. In addition to supporting treatment, last year the units also coordinated to organize a series of events displaying paintings and a talk show about Vietnam's wishes, with the theme "Returning to Childhood" with the participation of the US Ambassador to Vietnam. This is an activity to spread messages, awareness and responsibility to protect children, including children with cancer and serious illnesses. The event was held at TH School, Hanoi with the support of the Foreign Trade University, National Assembly Television, VnExpress Newspaper, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Saigon Telecommunication Technology Joint Stock Company, KidZania Hanoi...

With the goal of lighting up the faith of children with cancer, the Hope Foundation in collaboration with the Mr. Sun program has launched the Hope Sun program. Another helping hand from the community is another ray of light sent to the future generations of the country. Currently, the program is receiving support from the Warm Love Volunteer Club.

Readers can view information about the program here.

Vy An

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