Thin shoulders heavy burden of worries

(Baonghean.vn) - The husband was in a traffic accident and is currently in critical condition. The 90-year-old mother has dementia and often leaves home, and the mentally ill brother has to rely on neighbors to take care of him. This is the tragic situation of the family.Ms. Pham Thi Que, in hamlet 8, Khanh Son 2 commune (Nam Dan).

On September 21, on his way home from Hai Chau Shipyard (Ben Thuy) via the Lam River dike, Que's husband, Nguyen Trong Cong (born in 1964), was run over by a herd of cows running across the road, causing a traumatic brain injury and is currently receiving intensive treatment at the hospital. Cong's biological mother, Ta Thi Long (90 years old), has dementia and is no longer conscious enough to take care of herself. The family has 3 siblings, the eldest brother, Nguyen Trong Lap, has a mental illness, and his sister is married far away. For a long time, Cong and his wife have had to take care of their elderly mother and sick brother.

Since her husband's accident, Pham Thi Que has not had a single night of sleep.

Since Mr. Cong had an accident, Ms. Pham Thi Que (born in 1973) had to stay at the hospital to take care of her husband. Their three children are studying at a university far away. Their mother and brother had to ask neighbors to cook and look after them. For more than a month, Ms. Long missed her son and panicked, often leaving home to look for him, causing the neighbors to scream many times.

A neighbor recounted with a sorrowful voice: Since the day Mr. Cong had his accident until now, the neighbors have been running back and forth, each taking a hand as if it were their own family business. Some agreed to cook for them, others were responsible for keeping an eye on Mrs. Long and Mr. Lap. When they ran out of rice or food, they called their nephew in the neighborhood to bring it. Every night, the nephew had to go down to check if Mrs. Long was still sleeping at home or if she had run out. As for Mr. Lap, every night he climbed over the wall to sleep in the abandoned kindergarten.

Nguyen Trong Cong's 90-year-old mother has dementia and his mentally ill brother.

To support two children in college, and a mentally ill mother and brother-in-law, Que and her husband had to work on 7 acres of rice fields. Cong worked as a carpenter at the Hai Chau Shipyard. Knowing the family's situation, the owner of the carpentry workshop hired Que to help out at the workshop. Every day, Que was able to come home early to cook for her mother and brother-in-law. The day Cong had the accident, the family did not have a single penny, but the brothers, neighbors, and youth union called for donations to help raise some money to take him to the hospital.

In the emergency room at the Provincial General Hospital, Mr. Cong had brain surgery, the skull fragment had to be sent to a freezer (-65 degrees) for preservation. After recovering well and the scar healed well, the patient will continue surgery to reattach the skull fragment. The cost of sending this bone fragment is 500,000 VND per day, up to now, nearly a month and a half, Mr. Cong's health has not improved but has also suffered from complications leading to blood infection, pneumonia and diabetes, at times the prognosis is very poor with the risk of death.

Currently, Mr. Nguyen Trong Cong has complications of pneumonia, diabetes, blood infection, and has a poor prognosis.

Since her husband had an accident, Ms. Que has rarely been home and has not been able to sleep at night. Due to lying down for so long, Mr. Cong has suffered from necrosis, ulcers on his back, and complications from other diseases.Every day, she has to be on duty, in case of bad developments to call the doctor. Her family is short of people, her youngest son is studying at university in Hanoi and insists on dropping out of school to work to earn money to help his mother, priority is given to the third year of study. She has mortgaged the family's red book to borrow more than 100 million from the bank and has spent all of it, not to mention the money borrowed from the Policy Bank to pay tuition for her two children to go to university. She is also asking her younger brother to lend her the red book to borrow from the bank because she cannot borrow anymore.

Mr. Pham Thuong Mai - Vice Chairman of Khanh Son Commune People's Committee said that the government has called for donations to help, but there is a limit, while Mr. Cong is in dire need of a large sum of money for treatment.

Any help for Mr. Nguyen Trong Cong's family please send to:

Ms. Pham Thi Que, Hamlet 8, Khanh Son 2 (Nam Dan). Phone: 0919 804 789

Or Department of Advertising - Social Activities, Nghe An Newspaper, No. 3, Lenin, Vinh City, Nghe An

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