Wounded soldiers with memories stopped before the reunification day of April 30

Portrait of war invalid Le Anh Vu, from Tuyen Quang , with a disability level of 81% - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

After more than half a century, there are still bomb and bullet fragments stuck under his white hair.

Many wounded soldiers at the center suffer from chronic mental illness, cannot take care of themselves, and have difficulty controlling their emotions and behavior.

Now their memories and time seem to stop in the war, in the wounds of war. After the day of reunification, everything becomes vague and uncertain.

Kim Bang War Invalids Nursing Center ( Ha Nam Province) is currently caring for 71 wounded soldiers and 35 relatives of meritorious people. With disability levels ranging from 81 - 95%. The activities of some wounded soldiers are mostly taken care of by the center's staff, from eating to personal activities.

"Although many of them lost their ability to speak and think, when they watched the war footage, they still teared up and watched attentively. Sometimes, they suddenly became alert. They all talked about the war and their determination to unify their homeland.

We take care of you like we would our own family members," nurse Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, in charge of the rehabilitation medical room, emotionally shared.

Kim Bang War Invalids Nursing Center (Ha Nam) under the Department of Meritorious People, Ministry of Home Affairs, was established in March 1976. The center is responsible for receiving, managing, nurturing, treating, and rehabilitating severely wounded soldiers (81% or more of their working capacity lost) transferred from the battlefields. In recent years, the center has also been responsible for receiving, nurturing, and caring for a number of subjects who are relatives of meritorious people (wives and children of martyrs, children of resistance fighters infected with toxic chemicals), retirees, disabled, civil servants, and other mentally ill subjects in especially difficult circumstances - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Staff at the center prepare medicine for wounded soldiers. Taking medicine takes place about 30 minutes before lunch - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

At around 10am, the wounded soldiers started taking their medicine, each bottle was labeled with the name of each person according to their medical condition - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Disabled soldier Nguyen Ba Ngoc holds the Ho Chi Minh campaign badge. Mr. Ngoc enlisted in 1971 in Battalion 9, Regiment 149, Division 316. On March 16, 1975, while attacking Buon Ma Thuot airport (Dak Lak), Mr. Ngoc was hit by artillery shrapnel in the head and was diagnosed with motor neuron disease. In 1979, Mr. Ngoc got married and had three children. In addition to the time he was cared for at the center, Mr. Ngoc was allowed to return home to live with his family in Phu Ly city (Ha Nam) - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

The famous photo “Mother and Child Reunion Day” by photographer Lam Hong Long with the emotional moment of intelligence officer Le Van Thuc hugging his mother, Mrs. Tran Thi Binh, after April 30th is solemnly hung in the common room at Kim Bang Nursing Center for War Invalids. Due to chronic mental illness, many war invalids cannot get married - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

War invalid Hoang Dinh Hai (from Hanoi) holds his head when the pain suddenly comes - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

With chronic mental illness, many wounded soldiers face many difficulties in daily life, especially restless sleep - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Disabled soldiers Vu Anh Tuan and Vu Duc Luyen during their break. Usually every afternoon, disabled soldiers are allowed to drink tea and smoke (in limited quantities) - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Many seriously wounded soldiers need help from nurses at the center to eat - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

War invalid Tran Duc Long (from Bac Kan) is being bathed by nurse Dao Ngoc Quang. Every day, war invalids are bathed once in the morning - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Portrait of war invalid Le Van Tan (from Nam Dinh) with 81% disability - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

War invalid Pham Van Ban is being treated and examined by nurse Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, in charge of the medical department - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Disabled soldier Dinh Duc Viet exercises every afternoon - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

War invalids attentively watch a documentary film about tank 390 crashing into the gate of Independence Palace on the historic day of April 30. After years of treatment at the center, the illnesses of the war invalids have mostly improved and many dangerous complications have been limited - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

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