On February 27, 1955, in a letter from President Ho Chi Minh to a collective of Vietnamese medical staff, he advised: "Medicine must be like a mother", which means that a doctor must be like a gentle mother. And February 27 has been chosen as Vietnam Doctors' Day, a day when the people of the country honor their great dedication and express their gratitude to the team of doctors in the country.
During the nation's long-term resistance wars, generations of medical officers and staff were present throughout the battlefields to care for and protect the health of the soldiers and the people. Many people have sacrificed or left a part of their body on the battlefield, even carrying in themselves evil diseases due to the sequelae of herbicides that the US military used during the Vietnam War... Until now, nearly half a century after the end of the war, Vietnamese doctors must once again be resilient, brave and persistent in fighting the epidemic. In the last two years, the entire Vietnamese health sector has had to struggle to cope with the "enemy" of Covid-19. We cannot forget the 4th wave of covid -19 epidemic in the early days of June 2021 in the South, with the attitude of "family behind, patients in front" many frontline doctors and nurses have devoted all their health and wisdom, putting aside their personal things to fight for the common - saving covid-19 patients. In addition to the field hospitals, collection stations, isolation areas ... which were quickly established, medical forces from all over the country have also been mobilized and volunteered to enter the South to provide support anti-epidemic. They are doctors, nurses, nursing staff... some people are very young and some people have entered middle age, but everyone strongly says goodbye to parents, spouses and children to enter epidemic center to join hands with the whole country to fight against covid.
And during this Lunar New Year, whether in Ho Chi Minh City, or Hanoi and anywhere else, at field hospitals, collection stations... the doctors and nurses try their best to treat them. and restored the lives of hundreds of patients, most of which were patients with moderate and severe symptoms. There are even critical patients who are close to the line between life and death. Day and night, the white-shirted soldiers are still quietly fighting the COVID-19 epidemic, the signals emitted by the monitors that monitor the patient's health indicators are all ringing, the white-shirted silhouettes moving with them. hurried footsteps from the treatment rooms. Even the streams of sweat keep flowing on the face... All create the atmosphere of the COVID-19 treatment centers, which are always ready and urgent.
Because COVID-19 patients cannot have family members nearby, doctors and nurses have to take turns taking care of everything. They have become the only "relatives" of the patient while fighting the disease, 24/7 without leaving. Having to work in protective gear, all activities become difficult and extremely laborious. The nurses, doctors, and nurses here are constantly moving, giving first aid and supporting patients between treatment rooms throughout their shift.
Everything must be careful, to ensure the safety of the doctors themselves and to ensure the prevention of infection in the department. Treating Covid patients is quite stressful, besides the risk of infection, there is also the pressure to treat severe and persistent patients. Doctors and nurses are also witnesses to the death of a patient, the separation of a family. However, all those emotions, they have to pack up to maintain their work spirit, fight the epidemic to save the lives of other patients.
When the epidemic has passed its peak, despite seeing the colleagues who have gone forever and never return during this terrible epidemic, the doctors and nurses are still resilient despite being able to return home, they continue to stay at the hospitals. field hospital when Hanoi and the northern provinces had an outbreak.
In the ceremony to commend the delegation to strengthen and participate in supporting the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City on October 8, 2021, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen shared, the month will pass, the fierce hardships and sufferings due to the Covid-19 epidemic will also subside, but there will still be beautiful images of the frontline soldiers, especially the reinforcement forces in the fierce battle. People in Ho Chi Minh City will often refer to the image of a soldier who goes to the market to be very cute; the image of military medical doctors, civil medicine, medical staff, medical students, volunteer team all the same in protective suits, ... were quietly and resilient, persistently clinging, fighting negative silently, overcome all difficulties with Ho Chi Minh City to overcome the pandemic.
On the 67th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day, wish all the doctors and nurses to be healthy, happy and successful in their work.
On the afternoon of August 2, Bach Mai Hospital sent a delegation of 200 doctors and nurses with specialties led by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Tuan - Director of Bach Mai Hospital, on their way to support Ho Chi Minh City, treating COVID-19 patients. Photo: Le Phu / Newspaper.
Doctors have to race every minute, every hour to win the patient's life. Source: vietnamnet.vn dated 02/09/2021