Although they do not have much money, Ms. T’s children still take her from Binh Dinh to Saigon to get checked for cancer, rain or shine. Although the cost of treatment is not small, as long as their mother is still with them, they will always try their best.
Ms. T. wore a very old hat when she met us, the hat just barely concealed her thin, short, salt-and-pepper hair that had been cut short due to long-term cancer treatment. Ms. Nguyen T. T. (born 1961) currently lives in Binh Dinh province. Her family works as farmers on rented fields, so they are not very well off. Ms. T. and her husband have 8 children, 7 girls and 1 boy. Currently, all 7 daughters are married, the youngest son went to Saigon to work as a factory worker, earning just enough to live on.
Ms. T. is currently living with her husband, who is nearly 70 years old. He had a mild stroke a few months ago. After the stroke, the right side of her body was completely weak and she was completely unable to work. In addition to cancer, Ms. T. also suffered from Bell’s palsy and a weak left leg due to a fall 7 years ago. The couple depended on each other for simple meals prepared by their daughter’s family. Looking back and forth for the whole year, there was no extra money.
In 2023, Ms. T. felt chest pain so she went to the doctor and discovered that she had a malignant tumor in the upper lobe of her right lung – Stage IV metastasis in both lungs. Since then, she has been continuously examined and treated at Gia Dinh People’s Hospital for a year. Each month, the cost of transportation and examination fees is up to 8-10 million VND. Ms. T. spent all her money on medical treatment. Her two daughters, who married men in the same commune, even had to borrow money from the bank to pay for their mother’s medical examination. The two sisters shared that they only had one mother, and that they would do everything they could to keep her healthy. The remaining children, whether married or not, would send their mother an additional 300,000-500,000 VND each month to support her. Every time their mother had a follow-up appointment with the doctor, each family would assign someone to take her there, rain or shine.
According to the Social Work Department of Gia Dinh People’s Hospital, Ms. T. is currently undergoing regular outpatient treatment and her circumstances are truly difficult. Therefore, the Lotus Charity Foundation hopes to mobilize support of 15 million VND to pay directly to Ms. T.’s hospital fees. Hopefully, in the next few months of medical examination, Ms. T. will be able to reduce some of the financial burden and become healthier.
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 619
List of Philanthropists:
1. Philanthropist Phuoc Loc Hung Huynh supported 2,000,000 VND
2. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 500,000 VND
3. Philanthropist IBFT YD supported 200,000 VND
4. Philanthropist YEN TRANG KHANH DUY supported 300,000 VND
5. Philanthropist AN DANH supported 30,000 VND
6. Philanthropist PHUONG THUY supported 100,000 VND
7. Philanthropist LMT VA DIEU DAO supported 300,000 VND
8. Philanthropist MK supported 200,000 VND
9. Philanthropist PHAM HOANG VIET supported 1,000,000 VND
10. Philanthropist AN DANH supported 200,000 VND
11. Philanthropist TRIEU THI MAI DUNG supported 300,000 VND
12. Philanthropist AN DANH supports 30,000 VND
13. Philanthropist IBFT supports 1,000,000 VND
14. Philanthropist PHAM HOANG VIET supports 3,000,000 VND
15. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 50,000 VND
16. Philanthropist NGUYEN UYEN THI supports 250,000 VND
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