Bright Future Fund benefits 32,000 cancer patients over last decade
The Supportive Fund for Cancer Patients, or Bright Future Fund, has provided relief aid for over 32,000 impoverished cancer patients nationwide over almost a decade, heard at conference held on January 13 to review its performance in 2021 and map out tasks for this year.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Supportive Fund for CancerPatients, or Bright Future Fund, has provided relief aid for over 32,000 impoverishedcancer patients nationwide over almost a decade, heard at conference held on January 13 to reviewits performance in 2021 and map out tasks for this year.
In her opening remarks, the fund’s chairwoman Assoc. Prof.,Dr. Nguyen Thi Xuyen, said as Vietnam has been facing unprecedented challengescaused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the Bright Future Fund carried on withits mission to support needy people.
Last year, the fund donated nearly 700 million VND worth ofmedical supplies and coronavirus test kits for hospitals and gave cash to653 disadvantaged cancer patients. It also offered free breast cancerscreening for over 2,700 people, worth 2.77 billion VND, which has detectedeight cases, Xuyen said.
It donated 237 billion VND worth of cancer treatment drug Keytruda for23 hospitals, benefiting about 560 patients. Additionally, it started to offerother cancer medicine called Lenvima to nine hospitals last December, sheadded.
Xuyen expressed her gratitude towards donors, sayingthanks to their valuable support, cancer patients have afforded to continuetreatment and kept faith in a brighter future ahead. She pledged that the fundwill continue expanding its network across hospitals nationwide and providingaid and free medicines and screening to patients in 2022.
The Bright Future Fund started operation in June 2012./.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Vietnam, accounting for 17.9 percent and 19.9 percent of total deaths caused by diseases in the country in 2010 and 2017, respectively.
The Supportive Fund for Cancer Patients – Bright Future has mobilised over 50 billion VND (2.17 million USD) to support more than 28,000 poor cancer patients nationwide during the nine years since its inception in 2011.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
Illustrative photo. (Source: hbtbnn.org.vn)
