Cancer treatment disrupted as hospital locked down
Cancer patients are worried about their health after the K Hospital, Hanoi’s top public cancer hospital was locked down following a Covid-19 outbreak.
"We would still be quarantined at our home anyway. I understand that it may take a while for the hospital to open again but I still have hope that the outbreak can be controlled soon. I would feel even more worried that hospital's notice would come if I were at home," she said.
All three branches of K Hospital on Quan Su Street, in Tam Hiep Commune and Tan Trieu Commune, with 5,000 staff, patients and family members, were all put on lockdown from May 7 until further notice after 10 new cases were found at the Tan Trieu branch.
K Hospital has been locked down for Covid-19 prevention since May 7
40-year-old Pham Thi Thuong from Bac Giang Province said everyone was surprised and worried about their own health because cancer tumour spread very quickly. Thuong's family and friends have called to ask about her situation when K Hospital was locked down.
Pham Thi Thuong
"I went to the hospital for a blood test for a treatment session on May 6. But I haven't had any treatment when the outbreak occurred and the hospital was locked down on May 7. I felt so worried and frustrated," she said. "Many people returned to their home provinces and cities but I don't think travelling is completely safe at this point so I stay and wait for the hospital's further notice and to quarantine myself from my family."
Xuyen, another cancer patient from Thai Binh Province
"We would still be quarantined at our home anyway. I understand that it may take a while for the hospital to open again but I still have hope that the outbreak can be controlled soon. I would feel even more worried that hospital's notice would come if I were at home," she said.
All three branches of K Hospital on Quan Su Street, in Tam Hiep Commune and Tan Trieu Commune, with 5,000 staff, patients and family members, were all put on lockdown from May 7 until further notice after 10 new cases were found at the Tan Trieu branch.
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