Kidney failure patients at the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital receive Tet gifts from donors.

The patients who are mostly from other localities live in a cluster of rented rooms near the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi City.

As they have to depend on regular dialysis, they are not able to come home for Tet.

One of the patients, 32-year-old Le Ngoc Vuong, said that he could not go home as he had to go to the hospital three days a week for dialysis.

"I've been depending on dialysis for over 18 years and due to the condition, I have to stay near the hospital," Vuong said.

Dang Ngoc Quy, 39, has also spent his seven Tets here.

"I used to feel depressed when having to stay here during Tet," Quy said. "But with time, I've seen other patients who share the same condition as my family."

Seeing the hardship that these people are facing, many individuals and organisations are visiting them and bringing Tet gifts and care.

Teacher Dang Thi Khanh Quyen from the Chu Van An Primary School took a group of students to visit the kidney patients, bringing Tet gifts including warm clothes and cakes.

"These patients are suffering and they can't have Tet," teacher Quyen said. "So we want to bring them some love and gifts to share some of their hardship."

The Quang Binh Provincial Association for Poor Patient Protection has also visited and sent lots of Tet gifts to the patients.

The association chairman, Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, shared that they've raised funds to buy two dialysis machines for the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital to support kidney failure patients.

According to director of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital, Nguyen Duc Cuong, they are providing treatment for nearly 250 kidney failure patients who have to take regular dialysis.

"We only have 31 dialysis machines that have been operating at full capacity for over 10 years," Cuong said. "The new machines will help patients access better treatment."

"Thanks to the good care and support from many kind donors who come to visit kidney patients every Tet, we also have a Tet atmosphere here with bonsai trees and chung cakes," Vuong said. "The Tet gifts from many individuals and organisations have made us feel better. we want to send my sincere thanks for all your sympathy and support."