Vice State President presents gifts to children patients

Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân delivered gifts to children patients undergoing blood dialysis at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hà Nội on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quốc Khánh

HÀ NỘI — Vice State President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân on Thursday presented gifts to 200 children patients at the Hanoi-based National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The official, accompanied by representatives of the Support Fund for Cancer Patients-Bright Future, lauded the dedication by the institute’s doctors and workers, and urged them to carry forward the sense of responsibility.

Lauding the institution’s contributions to the voluntary blood donation, Xuân urged it to play a more active role in public health care, especially amidst the present natural disasters.

Institute Director Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyễn Hà Tĩnh said each year the institute receives 500,000 blood units that are delivered to nearly 200 hospitals in the entire northern region, and some central localities.

It is ready to supply blood to medical facilities for emergency treatment in face of the current widespread flooding that is devastating many northern localities, he said. — VNS