Dialysis village in dire straits during Covid pandemic

Thanh Cuong - July 1, 2021 14:14
(Baonghean.vn) - Since the Covid-19 outbreak in Nghe An, the "residents" in the dialysis village have not returned home. The epidemic has also caused those who are still able to work in the dialysis village to stop working and live a precarious life.

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Located in an old factory headquarters on Le Ninh Street (Quan Bau Ward, Vinh City), it is a residence for dialysis patients. During the Covid-19 outbreak, the entire boarding house became desolate. Photo: Thanh Cuong

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Mr. Le Huong (71 years old), from Dien Hai, Dien Chau, has been on dialysis for nearly 10 years. He has kidney failure and polycystic kidney disease and cannot work. His wife, Ngo Thi Kha, had to pack up and go take care of her husband. Photo: Thanh Cuong
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Every day she goes out to collect scrap metal. On average, she earns a few dozen dollars a day to help cover her living expenses and buy medicine for her husband. Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out again, especially when Vinh city implemented social distancing according to Directive 16, Ms. Kha has had to stay at home and cannot earn money, making her already difficult life even more difficult. Photo: Thanh Cuong
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Every day, the two of them depend on charity meals. “If there is a lot, we have two meals for each of us, if there is a little, we have one meal to share. We live day by day,” Mr. Huong said. Photo: Thanh Cuong

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Since Vinh city implemented social distancing, district buses have not entered the city, and Mr. Lo Vinh Tinh (67 years old), from Tam Thai commune (Tuong Duong), has not dared to go out to get things sent by relatives. Photo: Thanh Cuong
Nguồn viện trợ ở quê đứt đoạn, cả tháng nay ông cùng vợ sống tạm bợ qua ngày. “Không có xe chạy xuôi nên con cái không gửi đồ xuống được, mà có gửi xuống cũng không dám đi vì sợ dịch Covid, lâu giờ hai ông bà sống nhờ vào từ thiện thôi” , bà Vang Thị Huyến (64 tuổi) vợ ông Tình nói.
Aid from home has been cut off, and for the past month he and his wife have been living a makeshift life. “There is no vehicle going down the river so the children cannot send things down, and even if they did send things down, they wouldn’t dare to go because they are afraid of the Covid epidemic. For a long time now, the two of them have been living off charity,” said Vang Thi Huyen (64 years old), Mr. Tinh’s wife. Photo: Thanh Cuong
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Also living in the "dialysis village", Mr. Kha Van Giao (born in 1991) from Yen Hoa commune (Tuong Duong) has been going to Vinh for dialysis since 2017. Every week he has to go for dialysis 3 times. To make money, one day he goes for dialysis, the other day Mr. Giao drives a car. Ms. Vi Thi On - Mr. Giao's wife also had to leave her children with her grandparents and go to Vinh to find extra work to help her husband. The job is hired work, depending on the product, so the income is also unstable. Photo: Thanh Cuong

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The Covid-19 epidemic broke out, the "dialysis neighborhood" closed its gates regularly. Mr. Giao and other dialysis patients had to stay at home, only going out when going for dialysis. Photo: Thanh Cuong
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His wife takes care of all his daily activities and expenses alone. While being treated, making a living, and fighting the epidemic, the lives of dialysis patients have become more difficult during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Thanh Cuong

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“The Covid epidemic broke out, everyone here was worried, just hiding at home, on the day of dialysis, they went to the hospital and did not dare to go anywhere. All the previous part-time jobs had to be stopped,” said Mr. Giao. Photo: Thanh Cuong

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Not only Mr. Kha Van Giao, the "dialysis village" has 15 people in the same situation. They are all people with difficult circumstances, coming here to rent a room to get treatment. Normally, one day they go for dialysis, one day they work for hire, drive a motorbike, collect scrap metal... to make ends meet. During the Covid-19 epidemic, dialysis patients are worried, locking themselves in a cramped room to "hide from the epidemic". Photo: Thanh Cuong

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