Children’s HeartLink recognises first excellent cardiac centre in Vietnam
Children's HeartLink, a US non-governmental organisation specialising in supporting developing countries in the field of pediatric cardiac care, awarded an Excellent Cardiac Centre certification to the Pediatric Cardiac Centre at Children's Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 18.
Children's HeartLink, a US non-governmental organisation specialising in supporting developing countries in the field of pediatric cardiac care, awarded an Excellent Cardiac Centre certification to the Pediatric Cardiac Centre at Children's Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)
HCMCity (VNA𓆉) – Children's HeartLink, a US non-governmental organisation specialising in supporting developing countries in the field of pediatriccardiac care, awarded an Excellent Cardiac Centre certification to the PediatricCardiac Centre at Children's Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 18.
It is the first pediatric cardiac centre inVietnam to receive this certification from Children's HeartLink. Speaking at the event, Asso. Prof Dr. NguyenThanh Hung, director of the hospital, said over the past 15 years, the Children'sHospital 1 has performed over 5,100 open-heart surgeries and over 7,100 cardiacinterventions, with a survival rate of 98%. This significant achievement hasled to a remarkable reduction in the hospital's mortality rate, from 4.9% in2007 to only 0.4% in 2021, bringing joy and happiness to thousands of families. One of the evaluation criteria of Children'sHeartLink is treatment effectiveness, which is reflected in the survivalrate within the first 30 days after cardiac surgery or intervention. The number of children saved by the cardiac centre is also important, he said. Hung added that apartfrom significantly improving the mortality rate of congenital heart diseasepatients at the hospital, it has also trained and transferred cardiac surgical techniques to countries such as India, Japan, Singapore, China,and Malaysia. With the recognition as an excellent cardiaccentre, he pledged that the hospital will strive to become a leading pediatriccardiac centre in Southeast Asia in the near future, in line with thedevelopment direction and expectations of the city’s leaders, he affirmed. Currently,there are six excellent pediatric cardiac centres recognised by Children'sHeartLink in Brazil, China, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia. The centre inVietnam is the 7th on this list./.
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Children's HeartLink, a US non-governmental organisation specialising in supporting developing countries in the field of pediatric cardiac care, awarded an Excellent Cardiac Centre certification to the Pediatric Cardiac Centre at Children's Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA) 
