'Dialysis Village' in Vinh City Struggling in Early Summer Heat
(Baonghean.vn) - In the scorching heat of Nghe An, many patients in the "dialysis village" are struggling every day with illness and heat in rented rooms of only 10 square meters.
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"Dialysis Village" is a row of old 2-story houses located on the side of Le Ninh Street (Vinh City). The row of houses has more than 10 rooms, currently rented by 15 kidney failure patients. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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| At noon on May 22, in a room of about 10 square meters, the heat was sweltering, Mr. Luong Van Chanh (47 years old, in Tam Dinh commune, Tuong Duong district) was pouring buckets of water on the bed and the floor, he shared: "I have been here for 7 years for dialysis, every summer it seems to be the fear of the whole neighborhood. These days, I have to pour water on the floor to cool down". Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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| The patients here are of all ages, coming from many different districts, some hundreds of kilometers away from Vinh city. They all have the same situation: poverty and kidney failure, requiring weekly dialysis to prolong their lives. Each person has to undergo dialysis three times a week. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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After 16 years of dialysis, whenever he is healthy enough, Mr. Nguyen Tien Lap (Quynh Luu) goes to the hospital gate to drive a motorbike taxi to earn extra money, to ease the burden on his family. "Many nights it is so hot that I go into the hospital hallway, stay up until almost dawn before going home" - Mr. Lap shared. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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People with chronic kidney failure are no longer able to maintain fluid balance in their bodies and cannot eliminate excess fluid. Drinking too much water at home or before dialysis directly affects the patient's pre-dialysis weight. In hot weather, they also do not dare to drink much water to cool down. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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Having lived in the "dialysis village" for 3 years, Ms. Chu Thi Loi (35 years old, in Dien Hoa commune, Dien Chau) shared that the hot weather always makes her feel very uncomfortable, the longer she sits under the fan, the hotter it gets, sometimes she has to pour water on herself and then sit under the fan to feel comfortable. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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These days, with temperatures sometimes reaching over 40 degrees Celsius in Vinh city, many patients are almost exhausted. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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This hardship will continue for dialysis patients as a harsh summer has just begun. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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People in the dialysis village are already struggling and facing difficulties, and on hot days like these they face even more difficulties, but they still share, help, and encourage each other to fight the disease. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
Difficult circumstances of patients in the "dialysis neighborhood" of Vinh city. Clip: Dinh Tuyen |
