People are worried when 50% of deaths in the commune are due to cancer.

(Baonghean) -People in Dien Phong commune (Dien Chau) are really confused and worried about this terrible disease, because in just the first 3 months of 2017, in this locality, the number of people dying from cancer accounted for up to 50%.

Until now, it has been 3 years since CVD in Duong Tien hamlet, Dien Phong commune (Dien Chau) passed away, but relatives and neighbors still cannot forget the image of him struggling and in pain during the last days of his life. Everything happened so quickly, D.'s liver cancer was discovered after a painful stomachache and he went to the hospital for a check-up.

Mr. Quang - Mr. D's younger brother recalls that only when he knew he didn't have long to live did he reveal that he had terminal cancer.

Surgery to remove a tumor for a cancer patient at Nghe An Oncology Hospital. Photo: PV

Having entered stage 3 of cervical cancer, her health is getting worse, but for patient Thao in Tay Ho hamlet, Dien Phong commune, her biggest worry right now is not physical pain but financial worries.

Diagnosed with the disease in 2010, over the past 7 years, to treat the disease, she and her family have gone to Hanoi K Hospital countless times. Each treatment session like that, the cost is up to millions of dong. The treatment is so expensive that, in desperation, she wanted to give up many times.

According to statistics from the People's Committee of Dien Phong commune, in 2015, the whole commune had 30 deaths, 4 of which were due to cancer; in 2016, the number of deaths was 31, but the number of deaths due to cancer increased to 9; in the first 3 months of 2017, the whole commune had 8 deaths, 4 of which were cancer patients (accounting for 50%). The number of deaths was mainly between the ages of 50 and 70. In addition, the number of people being treated for late-stage cancer was also nearly 10.

Having to repeatedly “send off young people”, Mr. Tran Ngoc Thanh (70 years old) in Nha Nghi hamlet could not help but be afraid: “Born and raised in this commune, I have never seen so many people die of cancer”. From that reality, many people expressed their worries, wondering what the cause was?

Behind the lush green corn fields is Nha Nghi hamlet - one of the two hamlets with the highest number of cancer deaths in Dien Phong commune. Photo: CN

It is known that Dien Phong commune has 7 hamlets but only 2 hamlets have a lot of cancer, which are Nha Nghi hamlet and Duong Tien hamlet. These are 2 hamlets located next to the people's production fields. Specifically, in Duong Tien hamlet, since before Tet until now, 2 people have died of cancer.

That is the case of Mr. Pham Hung, over 75 years old, Mr. Pham Thanh (53 years old), both of whom died of lung cancer. In addition, there is the case of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nam, who also had late-stage stomach cancer; Mr. Tinh and Mr. Chat were neighbors who lived next door to each other and both had stomach cancer... Mr. Le Canh Hoa in Duong Tien hamlet was shocked: "Every time I go back to my hometown, I hear people saying that this man or that woman has late-stage cancer. I hope the authorities will soon find the cause."

Dien Phong farmers used a lot of herbicides when growing peanuts. Photo: Internet.

Notably, in Dien Phong commune, there is no clean water source from the factory. For a long time, most households have built rainwater tanks to store water, but they mainly use it for cooking. For washing, preparing ingredients, bathing and washing, they still use water from wells or drilled wells. Therefore, the desire of the people here is to soon use clean, hygienic water. Because cancer mainly occurs in people living in the two hamlets next to the fields, many people suspect that the water source is possibly polluted, especially since people have used herbicides to spray on the fields, cancer has appeared more and more.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuong - Secretary of the Dien Phong Commune Party Committee said: "Currently, the commune is preparing a proposal to request budget support for capital to build a clean water system and hopes to get approval soon, otherwise if things continue like this, people will no longer have the mind to do business and develop the economy."

As for the health station, the commune is asking the station to review and make a detailed report to reflect the cancer situation to the district health center. Hopefully, in the near future, the authorities will conduct inspections, surveys and draw conclusions to relieve people's worries as soon as possible.

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