Lacking hospital fees, victims of oil tank explosion in Malaysia must return home for treatment

Phan Van Trong at Seberang Jaya Hospital, Penang State - Malaysia. Photo: Tran Hoang

After 3 days of treatment at Seberang Jaya Hospital, Penang State - Malaysia, Mr. Phan Van Trong still has not had surgery to graft his broken leg, while the hospital bill is quite high, and his relatives do not have enough to pay.

Trong’s health was deteriorating, his injured leg was swollen, black, painful, and at risk of necrosis, so his family decided to send him back to Vietnam for treatment. Before boarding the plane to Vietnam at 8am on April 28, this leg was temporarily put in a cast.

Unable to pay hospital fees, Trong had to return home for treatment. Photo: Tran Hoang

It is known that Trong's family is in a difficult situation, his father died early. In Malaysia, Trong was a freelance worker, so when he had an accident, he did not have insurance. Trong's employer only paid a small amount of hospital fees and then abandoned the victim at the hospital. In recent days, fellow Nghe An people and Vietnamese people in Malaysia have raised some money to help Trong pay the hospital fees.

As reported, Mr. Phan Van Trong has been working in Malaysia for 4 years. On the afternoon of April 24, while welding an oil tank at a production facility in Prai province, Penang state, Trong had an accident. The empty oil tank suddenly exploded, seriously injuring him, breaking his left leg and making him unconscious on the spot.