Laundry staff returned 9 million VND to patient who forgot it

Quang Huy April 17, 2020 15:28

(Baonghean.vn) - While choosing clothes to take to the laundry, Ms. Pham Thi Dong discovered 9 million VND in the patient's pocket.

On the morning of April 16, Ms. Pham Thi Dong, a laundry worker at a hospital in Nghe An, was sorting out a patient's clothes to be washed when she discovered 9 million VND in a patient's pocket.

Immediately after that, Ms. Dong counted and brought the above amount of money to the hospital's Board of Directors to announce on the loudspeaker to find the person to return it.

Chị Phạm Thị Đông (ngoài vào bên trái) trả lại cho người nhà bệnh nhân để quên.
Ms. Pham Thi Dong (from left to right) returns money to the patient's family. Photo: Quang Huy
After the announcement, the owner of the money was found to be Ms. Tran Thi Khoa, in Binh Quang village, Chau Binh commune, Quy Chau district, an inpatient at the hospital.

After checking and confirming the information, Ms. Dong returned 9 million VND to Ms. Pham Thi Thuy, daughter of patient Tran Thi Khoa.

Sharing after receiving the money back, Ms. Thuy, the patient's daughter, was grateful for Ms. Dong's admirable work. Because this was all the money she and her mother brought to cover medicine and hospital fees.

Số tiền bệnh nhân để quên trong túi quần mang đi giặt
The money the patient forgot in his pocket was taken to the laundry. Photo: Quang Huy
It is known that Ms. Pham Thi Dong has been a contract employee for nearly 1 year, with a salary of more than 3 million VND/month, working in the laundry department of the Infection Control Department. Her husband is working abroad in Taiwan. Ms. Dong has a young daughter. She and her daughter are living with her grandparents in Long Son ward, Thai Hoa town. Her grandparents are old and weak, her grandfather has been sick and bedridden for many years, her grandmother has blurred vision. Both grandparents do not have a pension. Her family's situation is very difficult.

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