Bangkok--29 Jun--Samitivej
Samitivej, a leading private hospital in the Southeast Asia region, today announced the establishment of “Samitivej Heart Fund”. The Fund, in cooperation with the Children with Heart Disease Foundation under the royal patronage of HRH Galyani Vadhana, will provide heart surgery to 60 children patients to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of Their Majesties.
Announcing the good news at the Mom & Kids Health Fair at Central Bangna, Dr. Dul Damrongsak, Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital director, said, “Samitivej Srinakarin is reputable for its specialization in children patient treatment. We were established as a children hospital and became the first private children hospital. For seven years, we have expanded our expertise in various fields and acquired advanced technology, medical equipment as well as nurtured our medical team. Combining our expertise with our commitment to social contribution, this special project was initiated. We started it off with heart surgery in children, which is one of the most critical children health issues at the moment.”
Dr. Chanika Tuchinda, Chairman of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital and the President of the Samitivej Heart Fund, added, “Every one in 100 Thai children are suffering heart disease. This is quite an alarming number, and it means that more than 4,000 young children are waiting for heart surgery. At present, only 2,500 children per year have the chance to have the surgery while the rest have to wait in long queue at public hospitals due to many constraints, especially the medical related expenses that many families cannot afford. It is quite sad that a number of children cannot wait and pass away immaturely.
“This is why Samitivej established this fund. We hope we can give some children and their families the chance to live and the access to quality of life. We hope to give them a new life and brighter hope. And, we are in a strong position to do so with a great pool of our specialists, medical team as well as state-of-the-art equipment and technology that make Samitivej ready to provide pre and post surgery care to these young children,” added Dr. Tuchinda.
She stated, “We are proud of what we are doing. Giving people a new life is the greatest contribution we all can do. With the chance to live that we are offering, these children will grow up and they can make even greater contribution to the betterment of the people.”
To raise funds for the heart surgery for children, Samitivej Srinakarin has launched a communication plan and a roadshow to provide information and encourage patients and visitors to join the project. Through a short period of roadshow and publicity, the Fund has already raised more than Bt300,000.
Interested persons can also join the project by making donation at the three Samitivej hospitals — Sukhumvit, Srinakarin and Sri Racha, or through TMB, Bangkok Hospital Branch, savings account No. 196-08745-6 under the name “Vajiravej Wittayalai Chalermprakiat Foundation for Samitivej Heart Fund”, or call 0-2711-8181.
About Samitivej
Samitivej is one of Thailand and SEA’s leading private hospital group won numerous accreditation including award from Thai authorities and Joint Commission International (JCI) from the USA. Established in 1979 at Soi Sukhumvit 49, today the group has added three more hospitals including Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital (SNH), Samitivej Srinakarin Children Hospital (SNCH) and Samitivej Sriracha Hospital (SSH).
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