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A poor boy student battling pneumonia has overcome the threat of death thanks to the support from Dantri/DTiNews and doctors from a Hanoi hospital. Nguyen Trong Nguyen, 15, from the central province of Nghe An’s Thai Hoa Town was taken to Bach Mai Hospital around a month ago. During the seven-day stay there, he was moved to Central Lung Hospital in Hanoi due to his serious condition. Nguyen’s parents divorced five years ago. Since then, he and his 10-year-old brother have been living with his mother. Nguyen is staying at Lung Central Hospital in Hanoi The boy faced long fevers during the time he was preparing to take an exam into a local high school. He tried to take the exam after that he was hospitalised because of serious diseases such as pneumonia and problems related to gall, kidney and liver. Medicines for Nguyen’s treatment are very expensive and were not covered by health insurance, and his family were too poor to afford the treatment. According to doctors, … [Read more...] about Dantri/DTiNews readers help poor boy overcome threat of death

A woman in Gia Lai Province is in need of financial help to support her ill mother, brother and two small children. The family of Mai Thi Liem 43-year-old Mai Thi Liem lives in a small house in Song Ba Village. Liem said she got married in Dak Lak at 19. However, after giving birth to two children, their relationship became sour and her husband left. After that, Liem and her daughters returned to Gia Lai and lived with her old mother and disabled brother. Liem's mother, Vu Thi Nguyet, suffers from heart valve disease. Her brother, Mai Van Hong, is paralysed in one leg and lost the ability to work. Liem became the pillar of the family and work hard to support the family. However, her eldest daughter still had to drop out of school to help Liem take care of Nguyen and Hong. "Every week, we have to travel over 200km to take my mother to Hospital 211 and my brother to the district medical station. Sometimes I thought of committing suicide but who will take care of my mother and … [Read more...] about Poverty pushes woman into depression

Dantri/DTiNews Newspaper has helped to build two new classrooms for ethnic minority students in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau. The breaking-ground ceremony for the classrooms sponsored by Apax English Centre was launched on Thursday. The new classrooms, which are part of Nam Han Primary School in Nam Lot Village, Sin Ho District, Lai Chau Province, will replace temporary classes which are now in a very bad condition. The breaking-ground ceremony for the classrooms Earlier in April this year, a group of 14 outstanding students from Apax English Centre and Dantri/DTiNews reporters came to visit Nam Han Primary School’s branch in Nam Lot Village. During the stay there, they understood more about local pupils’ difficulties, particularly their poor classrooms. The trip encouraged the Apax students to do something to support the pupils in Nam Lot. Early May this year, the centre held Apax Happy Run to call for donation to build new classrooms in the locality. As … [Read more...] about Dantri/DTiNews help to build new classrooms in Lai Chau

Hundreds of people have registered to donate their organs at Hue Central Hospital this morning, August 9. The hospital announced the establishment of its organ transplant centre and launched the organ donation movement this morning. At the ceremony, up to 240 people registered the organ donation, including many from the hospital. Up to 240 people registered the organ donation at Hue Centre Hospital Prof. Dr. Pham Nhu Hiep, director of the hospital, said that in Vietnam, around 16,000 patients need organ transplants related to heart, kidney, liver and lung. Meanwhile, 6,000 people are waiting for cornea transplants. The National Centre for Co-ordinating Human Organ Transplants under the Ministry of Health was set up in 2013. Hue Central Hospital started the first organ transplant in 2001. To date, the hospital has carried out nearly 800 kidney transplants, four heart transplants and one heart and lung transplant. The hospital has co-operated with many international hospitals for … [Read more...] about Hundreds register as organ donors at Hue hospital

Hundreds of people on Phu Quoc Island are in need of financial support after serious floods hit the area. A flooded home in Phu Quoc Due to the effect of Storm Wipha, Kien Giang had heavy rains from August 2 to 5. The rainfall in Phu Quoc Island during this time was 501.2mm. On August 5, the heavy rains flooded many parts of Duong Dong Town. It has flooded many houses, forced some households to evacuate and disrupted the lives of hundreds of people. When the rains stopped on August 6 and 7, the residents returned to their houses but it suddenly rained again the next day. Ho Van Khuong, a resident in Duong Dong Town said, "The rainfall is reaching record levels. It's very hard to live here now so many people have gone to their relatives' houses. We can't go to work and depend on donated rice and instant noodles." Le Thi Thanh Tuyen said she collected scrap for a living and the flood had made her unemployed. Many houses flooded After being submerged in water for too … [Read more...] about Post-Storm Wipha floods continue blighting Phu Quoc island