Classroom for cancer children opened at K Hospital
A special classroom for children suffering from cancer has opened on the third floor of K Hospital in Hanoi recently.
The classroom was opened with help from the hospital doctors, nurses and volunteer teachers.
Dr Nguyen Ba Tinh, head of the social work office at K Hospital, said, "For children with cancer, their utmost desire is to continue studying. Some of them have to take a long absence from school while others are too young to go to school. We have called for help from local teachers and kind people to make this classroom come true. I'm really happy seeing them enjoying normal classroom activities."
"Once I told him we could complete this session and return to the nursery school, but he said he didn't want to because other kids will laugh at his swelling face," Van said.
When the classroom was opened on June 1, it has brought joy to both parents and children. Devotion from the teachers and specifically-designed lessons also help them to mingle with other kids very quickly.
Nguyen Thi Sen, grandmother of a 6-year-old patient said the little girl had had one leg removed as the tumour spread. She is in the last stage of bone cancer and only has months left to live. "Her parents divorced when she was only three months old. When she was four years old, she asked me to let her take English courses," Sen said.
When the classroom opened, they immediately registered to study there and it quickly became their favourite time there. Her paintings are put on display at Sen's rental room.
"They may be the only things my granddaughter leaves behind," Sen said. "She doesn't have much time left and I just want her to be happy."
Classroom for cancer children opened at K Hospital
The classroom was opened with help from the hospital doctors, nurses and volunteer teachers.
Dr Nguyen Ba Tinh, head of the social work office at K Hospital, said, "For children with cancer, their utmost desire is to continue studying. Some of them have to take a long absence from school while others are too young to go to school. We have called for help from local teachers and kind people to make this classroom come true. I'm really happy seeing them enjoying normal classroom activities."
A child patient and her painting
"Once I told him we could complete this session and return to the nursery school, but he said he didn't want to because other kids will laugh at his swelling face," Van said.
When the classroom was opened on June 1, it has brought joy to both parents and children. Devotion from the teachers and specifically-designed lessons also help them to mingle with other kids very quickly.
Dr Nguyen Ba Tinh, head of the social work office at K Hospital
Nguyen Thi Sen, grandmother of a 6-year-old patient said the little girl had had one leg removed as the tumour spread. She is in the last stage of bone cancer and only has months left to live. "Her parents divorced when she was only three months old. When she was four years old, she asked me to let her take English courses," Sen said.
When the classroom opened, they immediately registered to study there and it quickly became their favourite time there. Her paintings are put on display at Sen's rental room.
"They may be the only things my granddaughter leaves behind," Sen said. "She doesn't have much time left and I just want her to be happy."
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