A rare heart disease is causing pain and suffering to a 11 month-old boy in Nam Dinh Province while his parents are struggling to borrow money for his surgery.
Tran Anh Minh
Tran Anh Minh is the third child of Hoang Thi Hoa and Tran Viet Sinh. Minh has always been weak since birth and regularly has to go to hospital. He was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare condition caused by a combination of four congenital heart defects.
Minh's parents are farmers and only have a small plot of land. Minh's father works part-time as carpenter so their income is unstable. A year ago, the family borrowed VND100 million (USD4,700) to treat Minh's grandmother who suddenly had a stroke and has been bed-bound since. Then more recently, Minh's father found out that he had a spinal disc herniation and also needed surgery.
Minh and his mother
The family sold almost every valuable they had and borrowed few millions to admit Minh to Hanoi Heart Hospital. Minh's mother, Hoang Thi Hoa, said doctors had not started the operation because Minh is underweight. But the family does not know where to get money from while they wait for him to gain sufficient enough weight.
"Minh's hospital charge is VND1.8 million per day and he still needs VND63 million for surgery," Minh's mother said. "He is so small and has to suffer from this pain. I would do anything to take away that pain from him."
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