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Grandmother struggles to take care of daughter with cancer
  • | dtinews.vn | August 21, 2017 04:08 PM
A grandmother in Hue is calling for help to treat her daughter who is suffering from cancer after losing her grandson to cancer.

Misfortune fell upon 61-year-old Nguyen Thi Cuc's family two years ago, when her grandson was diagnosed with leukaemia and was admitted to Hue Central Hospital in 2015. Then five months ago, her daughter, Ngo Thi Ngoc Diem, was also admitted to hospital because of ovarian cancer.

"Diem is inoperable. Doctors said if she was to be operated on, she would die," Cuc said.

Unable to pay for all the medicines and nutrition, Cuc's grandson died suddenly in July. Cuc borrowed VND10m (USD440) for his funeral.

  

Nguyen Thi Cuc lost her grandson to leukaemia

"Now we don't know how to pay over VND36m (USD1,500) of debts. My daughter's condition is getting worse. If she dies too, I have no idea how I can pay for her funeral," she said.


The family can't afford to build a proper grave

Cuc is hired to make votive paper offerings for VND100,000 (USD4.40) every three days. Her daughter used to wash the dishes for VND2m a month, however, after the funeral, she hasn't been able to go to work. Both Cuc and Diem's husbands left them for other women years ago.

The family's daily meals consist of only vegetables and some meats. Diem still needs to go to the hospital for radiotherapy sessions twice a month but they have nowhere else to turn to.

If you can help them, please donate through:
1. Nguyen Thi Cuc from 509 Chi Lang Street, Cluster 4, Phu Hau Ward, Hue City. Cuc is taking care of her daughter at Room 303, Oncology Department, Hue Central Hospital's Oncology Centre.

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