Vietnamese Orgs Join Hands to Provide Free Cancer Treatment for Patients

The Fund for Cancer Patients - Bright Future, National Cancer Hospital, Vinmec International Hospital and Vingroup’s Thien Tam Fund will provide early cancer screening and treatment for poor patients, local media reported. The move is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed among the four organizations on March 22 in Hanoi. Under the framework of the agreement, the four sides will promote their abilities and professional facilities and human resources to support cancer patients’ access to advanced technologies of cancer treatment as well as to promote community’s awareness on cancer prevention. Thien Tam fund will donate VND10 billion ($439,164) to the Bright Future Fund for early cancer screening and detection activities during 2017 and 2018. The National Cancer Hospital and the Bright Future Fund will select 300 cancer patients and 130 others who require tissue transplants for treatment at Vinmec Hospital. According to statistics of the World Health Organization, Vietnam recorded 115,000 people who died from cancer annually, equivalent to 315 daily. The number of new cancer cases has increased from 68,000 in 2000 to 126,000 in 2010 and is predicted to exceed 190,000 by 2020. (nhandan.com.vn Mar 22, baogiaothong.vn Mar 23, dantri.com.vn Mar 23)