The tragic situation of a family with 2 children who died from acute glomerulonephritis

(Baonghean.vn) - Two days have passed since the moment the unfortunate child patient Lo Van Tuan passed away due to glomerulonephritis, the small house in Cham Put village, Hanh Dich commune (Que Phong) is still crowded with people coming to pay their condolences. This second grade student died at home due to a rare disease in the Thai community here. Previously, on December 26, 2016, Tuan's older brother Lo Van Hieu, a 7th grade student, also died due to this terrible disease.

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Ban Cong is the village with the most 6 people suffering from glomerulonephritis in Hanh Dich commune (Que Phong). Photo:

In Cham Put village, Mr. Lo Van Cang said that the family of Mr. Lo Van Que (the biological father of Hieu and Tuan) is the most disadvantaged in the village. The 42-year-old man has 4 children and grandchildren. Hieu and Tuan are Mr. Que's 2 younger children.

The house seemed even more stuffy under the early summer sun. Seeing a stranger visit, Mr. Lo Van Que could not get up. His eldest son, Lo Van Hoai, who was also the most fluent in Mandarin in the family, came to talk to him.

Mr. Hoai, 22 years old, is married and has a small child. Hoai's parents are not active people, do not speak Kinh fluently, and have lived on forest products for more than half of their lives, so this young man, who lives by self-employment, has become the main breadwinner for the whole family.

The serious illness of his two younger brothers over the past few months has exhausted the family’s finances. The only buffalo in the house had to be sold to pay for their treatment, but none of them survived. It was a huge shock to his family.

Hoai recalls: The two children's health conditions changed very quickly. In early December 2016, Lo Van Hieu showed signs of fever, swelling of his limbs, and subcutaneous bleeding. The family rushed him to the district hospital, and a day later transferred him to the provincial hospital. After a short time, his condition worsened. At that time, the family could not afford to transfer Hieu to Hanoi for treatment. After 2 days of returning to the village, Hieu died.

Not long after his brother’s funeral, Lo Van Tuan also had symptoms of fever and red rash. The family gave him fever-reducing medicine and steamed leaves to fight the rash, and Hieu’s condition improved somewhat. He was able to go to school for a week. After that, Tuan also had the same symptoms as his brother. The last days of his youngest brother’s life were like slow-motion movies. To this day, he still remembers every detail down to the hour.

Medical staff and doctors from Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and Que Phong District General Hospital screened student Hanh Dich on the morning of February 22, 2017. Photo: Hung Cuong

On January 4, 2017, Lo Van Tuan was admitted to the district hospital. Two days later, he was transferred to the National Children's Hospital for dialysis for a whole month. That was also the first time that the eldest brother Lo Van Hoai had to spend Tet reluctantly in a hospital nearly 500 kilometers from home.

“On the night of the 9th day of Tet, the doctors said that Tuan’s kidneys could not be restored, the only way left was surgery and lifelong dialysis. At that time, the family was so poor, the money from selling the buffalo was gone, so I had to take my brother home to treat him until the day he passed away” - the 22-year-old brother said, wiping away tears.

Most of the students with glomerulonephritis in Hanh Dich commune are from poor families. However, according to information from the local health sector, the 18 children currently being treated have all shown improvement. Currently, only 4 children are still being treated, the rest have returned to class.

On the afternoon of February 22, comrade Truong Minh Cuong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, comrade Le Van Giap - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Que Phong district and the working delegation visited and expressed condolences to the family of Mr. Lo Van Que whose two sons died of kidney failure.

The district has supported the family with 10 million VND, the District Military Command also supported 1 million VND. Before that, the district also came to express condolences and sent people to support the family with burial procedures for the children according to local customs.

Comrade Truong Minh Cuong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee encouraged and gave support money to Mr. Que's family.

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