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Tag Archives: vietnam
Global Focus on Cancer
It was impossible for me to ignore the impact traveling for my photo project had on myself and those closest to me. Seeing first hand the devastation that cancer causes around the world left me feeling compelled to do more than just tell stories and take photos about it. In so many of the countries [...]
Posted in Breast Cancer, Can Tho Oncology Hospital, Cancer, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Children's cancer, Dr. Thang, hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, Misc., vietnam Also tagged breast cancer, Breast Cancer Club of Hanoi, Can Tho, cancer, childhood cancer, Hanoi, ho chi minh city 3 Comments
Le Hoang Rina
Le Hoang Rina is 4 years old and has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. For the next 3 years of her life she will spend more time at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital than she will in her own home. Her mother will be there, by her side for all of it. Taking care of [...]
Posted in Cancer, Children's cancer, Ho Chi MInh City, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, Misc., overcrowded, vietnam Also tagged cancer, children's cancer, ho chi minh city, Oncology, overcrowed Leave a comment
The Children’s Ward in HCMC
It is always difficult to see children with cancer and in HCMC this is very much the case. The same overcrowded conditions exist in this part of the hospital. Some families prefer to camp out in the halls or the stairwells because if you can believe it, they actually have a little more room and [...]
Posted in Cancer, Carolyn Taylor, Children's cancer, Misc., overcrowded, vietnam Also tagged cancer, children's cancer, ho chi mihn city, oncology hospital, overcrowded Leave a comment
Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital
Take Can Tho multiply it by 10 add a children’s ward and you get the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital. It is a sprawling complex of wards, radiation rooms, chemo units and surgical suites. With 1,100 beds, their inpatient population ranges between 2,000 – 2,500 patients. I don’t know how many outpatients they treat [...]
Posted in Cancer, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, Misc. Also tagged cancer, crowded, ho chi minh city, oncology hospital 8 Comments
Patient’s in Can Tho
Ngu Hue Chau was diagnosed in 2003 with breast cancer, she was 35 years old. She was petrified. She is a single woman, supporting herself working as a seamstress. She underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. In late 2009 her cancer returned. By the time it was found it had metastasized to her lungs and brain. [...]
Posted in Can Tho Oncology Hospital, Cancer, Dr. Thang, Misc., vietnam Also tagged AML leukemia, breast cancer, Can Tho, Can Tho Oncology Hospital, cancer, Carolyn Taylor, Mekong, overcrowded, survivors 2 Comments
K Hospital, Hanoi