RECENT NEWS--IN ENGLISH!
After some twenty years of hard and effective work, it seems that we're suddenly getting a lot of attention and appreciation from both the Vietnamese government and media. Here is just a sample:
Check out this recent English language video:
OUR STORY
Here is a link to a lovely Vietnamese language video about our life and work in Vietnam:
https://vtv.vn/video/phim-tai-lieu-noi-ta-thuoc-ve-703769.htm
Silent Sacrifice
Last week I was honored to be invited to participate in a
live television event at Nhà hát Hồ Gươm (the new Hanoi Opera House) on the occasion of
Vietnamese Physicians Day. I was the only foreigner to be included in the “Silent
Sacrifice” awards, based on the article written about me here.
Therapist Thuỷ, Translator Huy, and Virginia at Nhà hát Hồ Gươm
Here is the video clip which focused upon my work in Vietnam:
If you wish to view the entire program, which included many interesting video clips, speeches by the President of Vietnam and the Minister of Health, as well as a lot of singing and dancing, just go to this page, choose this date: T2 - 26 / 02 / 2024 and at time 20:10 you can select this program:
Truyền hình trực tiếp
Lễ trao
giải cuộc thi viết "Sự hi sinh thầm lặng"
IMAGES FROM LIFE TODAY
A special report aired on VTV1 National News on 27 December 2023:
English language transcript:
MALE ANNOUCER: Ladies and gentlemen, there are people in
their 30s, 40s—even people whose hair has turned gray—who have to learn simple
things from the beginning such as standing, walking, grabbing, holding. They are patients that are being treated at
the rehab unit of the Traditional Medicine Hospital of Da Nang.
IMAGES FROM LIFE TODAY
PATIENT ON
BICYCLE: At the beginning, when I first
came here, I had to be pushed in a wheelchair.
FEMALE
PATIENT: I had a stroke and I couldn’t
stand and walk.
MALE PATIENT: I was
admitted to the hospital with half of my body paralyzed.
FEMALE
PATIENT: I was so upset. I thought I would never stand and walk again.
PATIENT ON
BICYCLE: I came here, and then the staff
encouraged me and advised me to cheer up and do therapy.
FEMALE
PATIENT: My therapist helped me make
every single step at first and guided my arms.
MALE PATIENT: They
gave me hope.
THERPAIST
THUY: Patients have to make their best
effort to recover. They have to do
therapy so that later they will be able to integrate back into society well. In the gym we have lots of mirrors. Mirrors help the patients see themselves so
that they can do their exercises more easily and more effectively.
FEMALE
PATIENT: I come here to do my therapy
every day. It has been almost 10 months
since I first came here.
MALE PATIENT: I have made lots of progress already.
FEMALE
PATIENT: I have recovered and I feel
healthy now.
MALE PATIENT: I’m so very happy!
FEMALE
PATIENT: I feel as if I have been
reborn.
PATIENT ON
BICYCLE: I work hard at my therapy so
that I will be strong enough to go home to my children.
VIRGINIA LOCKETT, PT: My biggest wish for the patients and for their families is for them to be as comfortable and as functional as possible and to have meaningful lives.
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