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Mother struggles to care for ill husband and son
  • | dtinews.vn | September 19, 2017 01:07 PM
A woman in Dak Lak Province is in desperate need of support to help treat her husband and son who are suffering from serious health problems.


  

Thoa and her son in hospital

Vo Thi Thoa, 31, from Ea Hiao Commune, and Ho Van Thua have two children. They don't have any land and earn little money. Thoa said despite that, they were happy days for her despite the hardship.

In 2011, Thua suddenly fell ill and showed signs of mental illness. Thoa borrowed money to take her husband to Dak Lak Psychiatric Hospital but his condition did not improve so she decided to bring him home.

Because Thua often wanders alone, Thoa has to chain him to a pillar. Her seven-year-old son has been sent to grandmother's house. "I'm afraid that he may go missing. He does everything while being chained. It hurts me but I have to," she said.

Thoa shoulders the family alone and does every work she can. But in early 2017, her 12-year-old son, Ho Duy Phuoc, was diagnosed with myelitis, inflammation of the spinal cord. He is paralysed and has to use a ventilator but the boy is worried about how hard his mother must work to buy diapers for him.


 

Thoa's husband chained to the house

"During the days in HCM City, he told the nurses to use less diapers because our family is poor. I can only cry," Thoa said.

Phuoc's backside has become ulcerated and he faces the risk of infection. He needs better nutrition but the family is struggling to afford daily meals and live on charity porridge.

Dr Vu Dang Thanh from Dak Lak General Hospital's orthopaedic department said, "His recovery chance is low and he needs costly long-term treatment. But his family can't afford it."

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Thoa is taking care of Phuoc at Dak Lak General Hospital.

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