Warmth for dialysis patients

Mr. Dang Ngoc Hoa - Chairman of the Association for Supporting Poor Patients in Duong Dong, Phu Quoc Special Zone, and benefactors presented support to dialysis patients at Phu Quoc Medical Center. Photo: BAO KHANH

For many people, the hospital is a place of treatment, a place to come and go, but for kidney failure patients, it is a place they will stay for life. Three times a week, they regularly go to the hospital for dialysis, an indispensable life-sustaining therapy. It is in these seemingly dark circumstances that human love shines brighter than ever. Every word of inquiry, a small action or a little material support warms the hearts of those who are struggling to fight the disease.

On a drizzly weekend morning, we arrived at the dialysis area of Phu Quoc Medical Center. It was not yet dawn, and many patients were busily preparing for their regular dialysis sessions. The patients with kidney failure were of different ages, from ambitious young people to men and women over 60 years old. Some had just started treatment, but others had been treated here for many years.

Ms. Huynh Thi Gai Hanh, living in Rach Ham quarter, Phu Quoc special zone, has dialysis 3 times a week. Her already poor family is now even more miserable. Her face is dark and tired because it is almost time for dialysis. Ms. Hanh was emotional: "If I didn't receive financial support, I probably wouldn't have been able to hold on until now." Ms. Hanh has been on dialysis for more than a year now, her health has been weakened by illness. She has a history of diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney failure since 2024. Her family is poor. Her daughter also had dialysis before but passed away. She is currently sick but has to take care of 2 young grandchildren. Ms. Hanh's life is a struggle every day, but thanks to the warm love of people, she has become stronger.

Having just finished dialysis this week, when we asked, Ms. Truong Kim Phuong, resident of Ward 2, Phu Quoc Special Zone, tearfully said: “For the past 10 years, my life has only been supported by medicine and machines. When I was still healthy, I helped my mother sell fruits and farm products, but now my health is getting worse and worse, I just stay at home. Recently, I received support from Mr. Hoa and benefactors to cover the cost of dialysis, I am extremely grateful.”

Up to now, there have been dozens of patients who have been supported materially and encouraged spiritually by Mr. Dang Ngoc Hoa - Chairman of the Association for Supporting Poor Patients in Duong Dong, Phu Quoc Special Zone during the treatment process at Phu Quoc Medical Center by benefactors. According to Mr. Hoa, dialysis patients have to fight each pain on the hospital bed in loneliness and poverty. No matter how rich or well-off they are, when they have to live with the disease for the rest of their lives, they will gradually fall into poverty. For those who are already poor, the disease will make them suffer many times more.

“For that reason, I take advantage of my relationships to connect with benefactors to support the patients financially. Although the amount is not large, it helps a little during the dialysis period. Each patient we seek out has a different situation and fate, but they all share the same pain of illness, economic and mental exhaustion. Understanding that, I and the benefactors take advantage of as many resources as possible to help them,” Mr. Hoa shared.

With understanding, sympathy, and concern for each patient's fate, each month Mr. Hoa tries to connect and support treatment costs for dozens of dialysis patients in difficult circumstances, helping them have the motivation to fight this disease. "I hope that each month there will be more people contributing to be able to help more lives suffering from this fatal disease," Mr. Hoa wishes.

BAO KHANH

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/am-long-benh-nhan-chay-than-a464943.html