Staying in the next bunk beds are Le Thi Hoang Linh, 40, of Khanh Hoa Province, and her husband. They stay at Tuan’s house for 1-2 weeks every time they visit HCMC for his tongue cancer treatment.
Linh is a factory worker and her husband is a farmer. They have three children and have to take care of Linh’s elderly mother-in-law. Since Linh’s husband was diagnosed with tongue cancer, they’ve had to travel to HCMC on a monthly basis. So their two older children have to take care of each other and their grandmother while their parents are away. Meanwhile, the youngest child is living with Linh’s parents.
The family has borrowed a total of VND200 million to treat Linh’s husband.
“Treatment costs around VND300,000 a day, so being able to stay here for free helps us a lot financially,” she says.
“We are really grateful.”
