According to France-Vietnam (FV) HCM City Hospital, the activity will be implemented through the “Nang buoc tuoi tho” – a charitable fund sponsored by the hospital.

Doctor McKay McKinnon.

On October 21, Dr McKay examined 16 children from across the country. He will be carrying out surgeries for them at FV Hospital from October 22-25.

Since 2006, the FV-funded foundation has financed surgery for hundreds of children with various types of malformations and sequelae, helping them to enjoy better lives.

Dr McKay has more than 30 years of experience in his field and has travelled all over the world to work with charity and humanitarian organisations to offer free treatment to patients with rare conditions, especially those with large tumours.

Currently, he is a surgeon at Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago, Illinois State and the Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago Medical University.

Bac Giang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital successfully performs surgery on 169 cases of congenital heart defects

(BGO) - Open and closed heart operation techniques were successfully transferred to the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital in April 2015.  Over the past over 4 years, the hospital’s doctors have successfully performed surgery on 169 children diagnosed with ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus.

RoK doctors offer free cleft palate surgery for Vietnamese children

Surgeons from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy have recently provided free surgery for 30 children with cleft palates in the central and Central Highlands regions.

Heart surgery cost supported to children of disadvantaged worker

(BGO) – The Confederation of Labor in the northern province of Bac Giang on October 30 presented 30 million VND (over 1,200 USD) to support the surgery cost for Hoang To Uyen (13 months old) suffering from congenital heart disease. 

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.

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.

Source: VNA