Major Tran Gia Dai Hai, a military officer, visits and provides health check-ups for Lao citizens.

Major Tran Gia Dai Hai was entrusted by his superiors with the task of searching for, excavating, and collecting the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos, in order to bring them back to Vietnam. In addition to regularly ensuring and providing good healthcare for the officers and staff of Team 192 to carry out their duties, Major Hai actively worked with the medical team of Team 192 to organize free health check-ups, provide medicine, and offer health consultations to the local people in the villages and hamlets where Team 192 was deployed.

Around the beginning of December 2024, more than 10 officers and staff members of Team 192 arrived in Khanoong Khet Nay village, Lao Ngam district, Salavan province (Laos) to search for information about the graves of fallen soldiers. After arriving in the village, while the officers and staff of Team 192 were inquiring about the health and living conditions of the villagers, Major Hai noticed Bun My, a 15-year-old girl from the village, whose right hand was swollen, inflamed, and showed signs of severe infection and necrosis.

While plowing the fields, Bun My's hand was struck by the crank, causing a long and deep injury. Her family took her to the medical station for examination and treatment, and requested medication, but the injury persisted. After investigating the cause and conducting a thorough examination, Major Hai reported to the commander of Team 192 to request treatment for Bun My's wound. After nearly a month of intensive treatment, Bun My's right hand completely healed. Deeply moved by Major Hai's meaningful actions, Bun My's family wept with joy and expressed their gratitude to Major Hai and the officers and staff of Team 192.

When the QT192 team marched to Tuu village, La Mam district, Sekong province to search for information about fallen soldiers, Major Hai encountered another case similar to Bun My's, Mr. Pho Phet, the village head of Tuu. A few days earlier, while clearing fields, due to carelessness, Mr. Pho Phet had cut his left leg with a knife, causing a deep and wide wound. Although he had sought medical attention and taken medicine, the deep wound became infected, causing ulceration and swelling, making him unable to move...

After nearly 20 days of intensive examination and treatment by Major Hai, Mr. Pho Phet's leg had completely healed, and he could walk and work normally again. Mr. Pho Phet, choked with emotion, hugged Hai affectionately: "If it weren't for the Vietnamese military medical personnel helping me, my leg might have had to be amputated. I thank Major Hai and all the Vietnamese soldiers."

Major Tran Gia Dai Hai shared: "The people in the remote villages of our neighboring country still face difficult living conditions and inconvenient transportation. Therefore, when they are sick, they mainly treat themselves using folk remedies, applying crushed forest leaves as poultices, without proper oral medicine or treatment. Some serious injuries are very dangerous... When we are deployed to these villages to search for information about fallen soldiers, our medical personnel often visit families with sick members to examine them and provide medicine. Those with serious illnesses will receive treatment, or we will use the vehicles of the 192nd Military Medical Team to help transport them to provincial or district hospitals for examination and treatment..."

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Dung, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of Team 192, City Military Command, reported: During the 2024-2025 dry season, when marching into Laos to search for and collect the remains of fallen soldiers, the officers and staff of Team 192 strictly adhered to the regulations of the host country. Taking advantage of their days off, the officers and staff of Team 192 did a good job of civilian outreach, assisting the people in the villages of Laos; including deploying medical personnel to organize free medical examinations and provide medicine to over 500 people in the two provinces of Salavan and Sekong, and treating and curing dozens of cases.

Through practical and effective actions, the officers and staff of Team 192 have contributed to strengthening the bond between the officers and staff of Team 192 and the people of the villages in Laos. The people treat the team members like family, providing them with food and lodging, sharing even bundles of wild vegetables; and especially helping guide Team 192 in their search for the graves of fallen soldiers. With the enthusiastic support of the Party committees, authorities, and people of the Lao ethnic groups, during the 2024-2025 dry season, Team 192 successfully searched for and recovered 10 remains of fallen soldiers, bringing them back to their homeland in Vietnam.

Text and photos: LE SAU

Source: https://huengaynay.vn/chinh-polit-xa-hoi/nghia-tinh-voi-nguoi-dan-nuoc-ban-lao-155356.html