End of year tears

“The whole family was preparing to welcome New Year’s Eve, when my father had trouble breathing, so I had to take him to the emergency room right away because at home, I didn’t know what would happen. There was a team of doctors and nurses to take care of him, so the family took care of him. I also have peace of mind. I just hope that my father gets well soon and comes home to welcome New Year’s Eve. At home, the children and grandchildren are fully prepared, most worried about Tet, but only father and grandfather are missing. The whole family is worried and calls. continuously “- Mr. Son confided.

In the distance, the doctors and nurses could only encourage: “Brother Son determines that his father will welcome New Year’s Eve at the hospital, his condition is not light, so he cannot come home to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home”. Anh Son was silent, worriedly looking at his father, who was holding his chest to fight the cough.

Son was worried and couldn’t sit still because his father coughed and had difficulty breathing. Photo: Thuy Linh

In these days, the doctors and nurses of A9 Emergency Center- Bach Mai Hospital share the same feeling, the same desire to have no patients, to quickly run out of time to go home to reunite with their families in the near future. year-end dinner at the end of the year.

Nurse Thuy is about to finish her shift. She is looking forward to, even though she is going to have to overcome the cold of 20 degrees Celsius, to travel more than 20 km to return home to Thanh Oai (Hanoi). The whole family is waiting for her to come back to eat dinner on the 30th of Tet. When she confided to us, Ms. Thuy could not hold back her emotions, her eyes were red and full of tears.

Nurse Thuy was moved to tears when she saw that the patients could not go home to celebrate New Year's Eve with their loved ones.  Photo: Duc Manh
Nurse Thuy was moved to tears when she saw that the patients could not go home to celebrate New Year’s Eve with their loved ones. Photo: Duc Manh

“From morning until now, almost every patient’s family has asked: “Sister, when can my family come home for Tet?”, I don’t know how to answer, I can only encourage them to eat this Tet. Tet at the hospital with us. Under the emergency bed, I saw the banh chung brought by my family. I couldn’t help myself when I saw it, “- Ms. Thuy shared.

The year-end afternoon tears of the patients’ families and medical staff made us more emotional than ever. We – see there, the love between family members. See there, the anxiety of the children with the parents.

See there, sharing, sympathy and help; see the compassion of medical staff. Even though it’s the 30th New Year- a cold year-end afternoon, they don’t just think about themselves. They have warmed the hearts of patients and their families, with all the heart of a doctor.

It was the afternoon of the 30th of Tet, at the famous A9 Emergency Center.

Medical staff caring for critically ill patients.  Photo: Thuy Linh
Medical staff caring for critically ill patients. Photo: Thuy Linh
Worry is always on the faces of the patient's family.  Photo: Thuy Linh
Worry is always on the faces of the patient’s family. Photo: Thuy Linh
A critically ill patient is being treated.  Photo: Thuy Linh
A critically ill patient is being treated. Photo: Thuy Linh
Doctors at A9 Emergency Center- Bach Mai Hospital are busy working on the last day of the year of the Tiger year 2022. Photo: Thuy Linh
Doctors at A9 Emergency Center- Bach Mai Hospital are busy working on the last day of the year of the Tiger year 2022. Photo: Thuy Linh

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