We went to see Ms. Huynh T.C.D. (1968) on the first day of August. Next to the bed was her daughter Dg. who shyly shared with us about her mother’s situation, which made us feel sorry. Ms. D. has been living with a benign bone tumor for the past 10 years, but in the past 2 weeks, the tumor has grown abnormally large, causing Ms. D.’s head to feel very painful. After examination, she was admitted to Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital with a diagnosis of frontal bone tumor and had emergency surgery on July 26, 2024. She is currently in Department of Surgery 1 waiting for a biopsy to see the condition of the tumor. If it is a benign tumor, she can go home in a few days or ten days, but if it is a malignant tumor, she will need to undergo chemotherapy/radiation therapy.

Speaking of Ms. D’s family situation, it is difficult to describe in words. Her husband is old and has a spinal disease. Her eldest son has been depressed since he was a child and has to go to the hospital every month to get medicine. The youngest daughter is a garment worker but her salary is just enough to live on. Since Ms. D fell ill, the whole family has been in trouble, her daughter also had to temporarily stop working to help her father take turns taking care of her mother. Ms. D’s surgery and hospital fees amounted to 70-80 million VND, and her family has managed to pay more than 40 million VND (of which 20 million was the family’s savings and more than 20 million VND the daughter borrowed from friends). According to the Red Cross of the hospital, as of August 1, 2024, the family still owes about 7-8 million VND in hospital fees and is unable to pay.

Given Ms. D’s situation, the Lotus Charity Foundation hopes to raise 15 million VND (of which 13 million will be paid for hospital fees and 2 million for compensation). Hopefully, this amount of money will partly solve the immediate hospital fee difficulties and Ms. D will soon be well enough to return home.

To avoid the risk of being scammed over the phone, we do not disclose the phone number of the person being supported. For any contributions, please contact the Lotus Charity Foundation – 5th Floor, No. 7-9-11 Mai Thi Luu, Ward Da Kao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City – Tel: (028) 39107612
Donations from benefactors will be transferred to the designated case. However, to avoid the situation of too many resources being concentrated in one source that other unfortunate cases cannot have, we would like to ask for permission that if the total amount of donations is more than 120% of the amount needed, we will only transfer a maximum of 120% to the person being supported and the remaining amount will be transferred to the next support period.
Account Name: Lotus Charity Foundation
VND Account Number:
TK1: 0371000481127 – Vietcombank – Tan Dinh Branch
TK2: 508317 – ACB Bank – Saigon Branch
Content: Name of Philanthropist + support for case 616

1. Philanthropist Phuoc Loc Hung Huynh supported 2,000,000 VND
2. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 300,000 VND
3. Philanthropist D TAN supported 300,000 VND
4. Philanthropist NGUYEN NGOC NHAN supported 1,000,000 VND
5. Philanthropist BUI THI NGOC PHUONG supported 200,000 VND
6. Philanthropist HUY supported 1,000,000 VND
7. Philanthropist CO THANH VAN supported 2,000,000 VND
8. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 50,000 VND
9. Philanthropist YEN TRANG KHANH DUY supported 300,000 VND
10. Philanthropist PHAM HUU DUY VAN supported 160,000 VND
11. Philanthropist MK supported 200,000 VND
12. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 300,000 VND
13. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 100,000 VND
14. Philanthropist PHUC supports 5000000 VND
15. Philanthropist DO VAN HIEP supports 100,000 VND
16. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 500,000 VND
17. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 300,000 VND
18. Philanthropist CON CHAU BA BUI THI VIET supports 1000,000 VND
19. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 200,000 VND
20. Philanthropist  NGUYEN THI THANH DIEU supports 20,000 VND

While waiting for the mobilization, the Lotus Charity Foundation temporarily advances 13 million VND to pay for hospital fees and gives her 2 million VND in compensation D.

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