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SK Telecom Extends Helping Hand to Vietnam
2000.05.22SK Telecom Extends Helping Hand to Vietnam: Funding Orthopedic Surgery for Children with a Malformed Face
To Foot the Bill for Orthopedic Surgery on More Than 250 Children Jointly with Semin Facial Deformation Help Community
Expects to Boost Relationship with Vietnam
SK Telecom is giving free orthopedic surgery to more than 250 Vietnamese children with congenital or after-birth facial malformation jointly with Semin Facial Deformation Help Community from May 22 through 30.
The charity event will be held at Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, and more than 250 children in Vietnam are expected to participate and receive free restoration surgery. SK Telecom will pay for the entire event.
The first event was held in 1996 as part of the company?s humanitarian effort to help the Vietnamese children who have deformed faces but are unable to get medical help for social and financial reasons to get their normal features back. This is the fifth event of such kind and more than 800 children benefited from the annual event so far.
Hyojin Choi, head of the International Business Division of SK Telecom, said, ?We hope that the event contributes to the restoration of the relationship between Korea and Vietnam which had been scarred by the unfortunate events in the past. We expect that our effort will help boost the relations between the two countries.?
Founded in 1989, Semin Facial Deformation Help Community is a non-profit organization supported by Baik Hospital of Inje University. Its medical teams travel the entire country to give people with facial deformation financial support and free orthopedic surgery. It began its charity activity in Vietnam with SK Telecom in 1996.
The charity event will be held at Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, and more than 250 children in Vietnam are expected to participate and receive free restoration surgery. SK Telecom will pay for the entire event.
The first event was held in 1996 as part of the company?s humanitarian effort to help the Vietnamese children who have deformed faces but are unable to get medical help for social and financial reasons to get their normal features back. This is the fifth event of such kind and more than 800 children benefited from the annual event so far.
Hyojin Choi, head of the International Business Division of SK Telecom, said, ?We hope that the event contributes to the restoration of the relationship between Korea and Vietnam which had been scarred by the unfortunate events in the past. We expect that our effort will help boost the relations between the two countries.?
Founded in 1989, Semin Facial Deformation Help Community is a non-profit organization supported by Baik Hospital of Inje University. Its medical teams travel the entire country to give people with facial deformation financial support and free orthopedic surgery. It began its charity activity in Vietnam with SK Telecom in 1996.