Dialysis patients in Ha Tinh suffer in the heat

In the hot summer sun, the lives of many patients in the dialysis "neighborhood" in Ha Tinh city become more difficult and miserable.

In two cramped dormitories in lane 10, Hai Thuong Lan Ong street (residential group 4, Bac Ha ward, Ha Tinh city), there are 9 rooms rented by patients undergoing dialysis at the provincial General Hospital. When summer comes, in a rented room of just over 10 square ^meters covered with fibro cement sheets, patients and their families have to endure even more hardship due to the excruciating heat.

Having been going to Ha Tinh city for dialysis for 6 years now with his wife, Mr. Nguyen Van Dan (born in 1950, from Son Kim 2 commune, Huong Son) and his wife, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tan (born in 1951), have experienced the hot and stuffy atmosphere in the dark rented room. To ease the heat, Mr. Dan often uses wet towels to wipe his wife’s body because the small fan is running at full capacity but the more it runs, the hotter it gets.

Although he knew that turning on the gas stove would increase the room temperature, Mr. Dan still had to cook some food for the couple to have lunch together. Mr. Dan said: "My wife has been blind for 14 years now, and 6 years ago she had to undergo dialysis, making our already difficult family life even more difficult. Every month, our rent, electricity and water bills cost more than 700,000 VND. So, despite the hot weather, my wife and I told each other to work hard to save some money."

Mr. Dan and Mrs. Tan are the family with the longest “seniority” in this special boarding house. In the hamlet, each person has a different situation but they are all poor people, staying here for dialysis, to prolong their lives. Although they are miserable and suffering from the heat, for them, moving to a cooler place is impossible because all their money has been spent on dialysis.

These days in Ha Tinh, the intense heat and low humidity, only about 45 - 60%, have left many patients in the dialysis "neighborhood" almost exhausted.

The steam fan was bought by Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien (born in 1986, from Dat Do village, Thuong Nga commune, Can Loc) this summer because her room did not have air conditioning. Ms. Hien said: "My father and I have rented a room here for 2 years. The treatment is expensive, so we have to save money little by little. Even though it is hot, we only dare to turn on the fan at noon and in the evening. On the days I take my father for dialysis, I will stay at the hospital to take care of him and not have to stay in a rented room to avoid the heat."

This summer, in a room of about 10 square ^meters with a clutter of furniture, Mr. Dang Sy Su (born in 1947, residing in residential group 2, Bac Hong ward, Hong Linh town) and his wife Tran Thi Lien (born in 1947) often have trouble sleeping because of the hot fibro-cement roof.

The small room had no valuable furniture, and a refrigerator to preserve food was a luxury. So, in the hot summer weather, to keep vegetables from wilting, Ms. Lien could only soak them in water.

Because of the heat, Mr. Su had difficulty eating and drinking, so his health became weaker and more tired. The hot weather made him feel very uncomfortable all the time, tormented by illness.

The small fan was nothing compared to the sweltering heat in the boarding house. Mr. Su said: " My wife and I have been going to the Provincial General Hospital for dialysis for nearly a year now. This is my first summer in this boarding house. Although life here is difficult, living in a stuffy, hot space, we have to accept it to save money, we also do not want our children to be burdened too much."

There are times when people can’t breathe in their stuffy rented rooms, so they go out to the hallway to talk to forget the heat. Although life is still difficult, illness still torments them every day, and the hot weather does not please them, people in the dialysis “neighborhood” still share and encourage each other to fight the disease.

Mr. Thuy

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/song-khoe/benh-nhan-xom-chay-than-o-ha-tinh-co-cuc-trong-nang-nong/249855.htm