Vu Thi Lien (right) is calling for financial support to help cover medical treatment for her husband and son who are both in hospital.

Vu Thi Lien, 37, is travelling between the National Cancer Hospital and the Vietnam-Germany Hospital to take care of her husband who is receiving cancer treatment and her son who has serious injuries following a traffic accident.

Meeting with Dantri/Dtinews reporter at the Vietnam-Germany Hospital one day in early August, Lien said that she had no other option than calling for help from the public to save her husband and son.

"They're both in critical condition but my family has run out of money," the woman said in tears.

Lien said that her husband Nguyen Van Thuyet, 39, had been struggling with throat cancer for five years. The poor couple, who earn a modest income from farming work and scrap metal trading, had used up all their savings on the husband's treatment, however, his condition has recently worsened. Thuyet has lost one of his eyes and currently needs more constant medical treatment.

"We have two sons, the first is studying at a college while the second, Nguyen Duc Thiem, 16, is working for a coffee shop after finishing secondary school," she said. "Thiem said that he wanted to earn money to support the family. And he was badly injured after having a traffic accident on the way home from work 10 days ago. I was informed about his condition when staying with my husband in the hospital and I collapsed when rushing to the Vietnam-Germany Hospital to see him."

The poor mother said that her son has been in a deep coma since being hospitalised.

"I don't know how I can live if I lose him," she said.

Doctor Nguyen Hai Ha Trang at the Vietnam-Germany Hospital said that Thiem was admitted to the hospital in critical condition with serious traumatic brain injuries.

"He had urgent surgery and is still in a deep coma," the doctor said. "He is still receiving intensive treatment and will have to undergo multiple surgeries if he overcomes this critical condition."

The doctor said that the boy's treatment is very costly while his family is facing financial difficulties, and she hoped that they can receive support to cover the treatment for him.

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