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Readers help mother overcome illness
  • | dtinews.vn | November 05, 2016 01:16 PM

DTiNews readers have donated nearly VND100m (USD4,500) to a widow in Bac Ninh Province who is in need of help to treat her heart disease and raise her children.

44-year-old Nguyen Thi Hoa is being treated at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi. She had severe heart failure due to aortic regurgitation, bloated liver, blood infection and breathing difficulties. As the leaking of the aortic valve remains severe, doctors said she needed to replace the valve and remove the source of infection or she might die.

 

Hoa in hospital

She needs from VND52m to VND70m (USD2,300-3,100) for the operation but the cost is too high for her. Hoa's husband died seven years ago. Her oldest daughter is married but she is also poor and can't help her. Hoa's youngest child is only in 3rd grade and the second one is in 7th grade.

They had borrowed everywhere they could and sold two motorbikes to pay hospital charges so that Hoa could be operated on time.

 

Hoa's daughters receive the donation

DTiNews' representative transferred VND99,800,000 to Hoa's family to continue her treatment. Hoa's operation was a success and she is in intensive care unit.

The family said after Hoa's treatment, they would donate the extra money to other disadvantaged people.

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