The time to leave the regime is only more than 30 months, but doctor Trieu Thi Luu, 54 years old, Dao ethnic, staff of Than Sa Medical Station (Vo Nhai)Still very enthusiastic about the job. For her, every day you work is a day you have to try your best. And she always hopes to contribute her small efforts to the cause of people's health care, especially people in highland areas with many difficulties like Than Sa.
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| Doctor Trieu Thi Luu (medical officer of Than Sa commune, Vo Nhai) is always close to the people. |
She is not afraid to "go every alley, knock door-to-door" to propagate to people how to take care of reproductive health, take contraceptive measures, raise healthy children and not get married underage or consanguineous...
According to her share, 30 years of working with the medical profession is all those years, she has overcome many obstacles and obstacles to be confident and devoted to her work to this day. She said: After graduating as a doctor, in 1993, I returned to work 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 are also very difficult, traffic is difficult, travel is not convenient. From Than Sa to the center of Vo Nhai district, it takes half a day to get there. At that time, every time I went to the district to receive a vaccine under the Expanded Immunization Program, I had to "carry" the vaccine on my shoulder and bring it back to the station to vaccinate children on schedule. There are days when it rains, the water is high, the road is flooded, I have to take a boat across the stream but always hold the vaccine backpack for fear of falling into the water…
Talking about her difficult career days, Dr. Luu never gave us a feeling of boredom and fatigue, but on the contrary, she only saw enthusiasm and passionate love for the profession.
She added: When I was a child, 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), studying at Viet Bac Highland High School, then attending medical secondary school, I had a better foundation than my peers (all of whom left school early, stayed at home to work in the fields). Therefore, I find that I have to work even harder to overcome all difficulties in order to maintain my career. When following the profession, the "medicine doctor" of the doctor needs to put on top to best serve the people.
Through her stories, we understand that the love of the profession and the enthusiasm of a doctor like Ms. Luu is the spirit of working without knowing the hours. Those were the times when the campaign for children to take vitamin A was carried out, commune health workers had to go to the village and directly give each child this necessary micronutrient supplement.
Meanwhile, more than a decade ago, the road to many villages in Than Sa was as difficult as the road "to heaven". The farthest village is Thuong Kim, 13 kilometers from the center of the commune, by trails, with only one way to go is to walk. Doctor Luu confided: In order to be on time, I and the officers of the station and commune had to go from 3 o'clock to 8 o'clock to deploy the campaign. When the work was done, it was already late afternoon, and I and everyone walked back to the Station. I go to work from 3 am and don't come home until 21 pm but I am still happy because the children in the poor village have been supplemented with necessary micronutrients for their bodies, helping them grow up healthy, become useful people for society...
Or maybe that spirit is shown in her diligence when she implements family planning (circumcision) measures 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 best work.
After 20 years of dedicated work, in 2013, Dr. Luu was assigned to be in charge of the station's full-time population and family planning. In order to successfully complete the assigned tasks, she did not hesitate to go to the Hmong and Dao villages... to propagate to them the importance of population work, so that couples do not have a lot of births, many babies...
She said: The intellectual level of the Mong and Dao people in Than Sa is still limited. Therefore, the propaganda must also be very realistic and close to "catch" people's ears. In addition to the Dao language, I also learned Tay and Hmong languages to make propaganda in ethnic minority areas more convenient and effective.
From the efforts of doctor Luu and members of Than Sa Medical Station, up to now, population - family planning work of this highland commune has had very positive changes. Doctor Le Thi Thao, Deputy Head of the Commune Health Station, said: Dr. Luu's activeness has contributed to raising people's awareness of planned childbirth. Most young couples in the commune use modern methods of contraception; child marriage is almost nonexistent. In particular, many years ago, in the commune, there was no more consanguineous marriage...
Having made many contributions to people's health care in the highlands, Ms. Luu does not remember how many times she has been rewarded by all levels and sectors. Today, she and her colleagues were able to work in a more spacious 2-storey building. In particular, people in this highland commune, when sick, have gone to the Health Station for medical examination and treatment; always considers medical staff and doctor Luu as his family...
