Female doctor in the highlands dedicated to her profession

With only 30 months left until her retirement, Dr. Trieu Thi Luu, 54 years old, Dao ethnic, officer of Than Sa Medical Station (Vo Nhai) , is still very enthusiastic about her work. For her, every day she works is a day she must try her best. And she always hopes to contribute her small efforts to the cause of taking care of people's health, especially people in mountainous areas with many difficulties like Than Sa.

Doctor Trieu Thi Luu ( medical staff of Than Sa commune, Vo Nhai) is always close to the people.

She is not afraid to "go to every alley, knock on every door" to propagate to people how to take care of reproductive health, apply contraceptive measures, raise healthy children and not marry early or incestuously...

According to her, 30 years of working in the medical profession, she has overcome many obstacles to be steadfast and dedicated to her work until today. She said: After graduating as a medical practitioner, in 1993, I worked at Than Sa Medical Station. At that time, the station was just a temporary house with simple facilities. The economic conditions of the people in the commune were also very difficult, traffic was difficult, and travel was inconvenient. It took half a day to get from Than Sa to the center of Vo Nhai district. At that time, every time I went to the district to receive vaccines under the Expanded Immunization Program, I had to "carry" the vaccines on my shoulder and bring them back to the station to vaccinate children on schedule. There were rainy days, high water levels, flooded roads, I had to take a boat across the stream but always held on to my vaccine backpack tightly for fear of dropping it into the water...

Talking about the difficult days of her career, Dr. Luu did not let us feel any boredom or fatigue, but on the contrary, we only saw her enthusiasm and passionate love for her profession.

She added: When I was young, my parents were poor and had to save every penny so that I could go to school. Later (late 80s, early 90s of the last century), I was able to study at Viet Bac Highland High School, then study at a medical college, which gave me a better foundation than my peers (all of whom dropped out of school early and stayed home to farm). Therefore, I felt that I had to try harder to overcome all difficulties to stay in the profession. When pursuing the profession, the "good doctor" of a physician must be put first to serve the people best.

Through her stories, we understand that the love for the profession and the enthusiasm of a doctor like Ms. Luu is the spirit of working regardless of time. Those were the times when implementing the Campaign for children to drink vitamin A, the commune health workers had to go to the hamlets and villages to directly supplement each child with this essential micronutrient.

Meanwhile, more than ten years ago, the road to many villages in Than Sa was as difficult as the road to heaven. The farthest village was Thuong Kim, 13 kilometers away from the commune center, and the only way to get there was on foot. Doctor Luu confided: To be on time, I and the officers of the Station and the commune had to leave at 3am to be able to launch the campaign by 8am. When we finished work, it was already late afternoon, so everyone and I walked back to the Station. Having gone to work at 3am and not getting home until 9pm, I was still happy because the children in the poor village had been supplemented with essential micronutrients for their bodies, helping them grow up healthy and become useful people for society...

Or sometimes that spirit is shown in the dedication when she performs family planning measures (inserting IUDs) for poor women in the commune right on a simple wooden table. She said: Working in difficult conditions, I need to share with colleagues, adapt to the situation to be able to complete the job in the best way.

After 20 years of dedicated work, in 2013, Doctor Luu was assigned to be in charge of the station's specialized population and family planning work. To complete the assigned task well, she did not hesitate to go to the Mong and Dao villages... to propagate to the people the importance of population work, so that couples do not have many children...

She said: The intellectual level of the Mong and Dao people in Than Sa is still limited. Therefore, the propaganda must be very practical and close to the people's ears. In addition to Dao, I have also learned Tay and Mong languages to make the propaganda in ethnic minority areas more convenient and effective.

Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Luu and members of Than Sa Health Station, up to now, the population and family planning work of this mountainous commune has had very positive changes. Dr. Le Thi Thao, Deputy Head of the Commune Health Station, said: Dr. Luu's positivity has contributed to raising people's awareness of family planning. Most young couples in the commune use modern contraceptive methods; early marriage is almost gone. In particular, for many years, there has been no more incestuous marriage in the commune...

Having made many contributions to the health care work of the people in the highlands, Ms. Luu does not remember how many times she has been commended by all levels and sectors. Today, she and her colleagues are working in a more spacious 2-storey building. Notably, when people in this highland commune are sick, they go to the Health Station for examination and treatment; they always consider medical staff and doctor Luu as their relatives...

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