Journey to become a doctor of a boy selling noodle soup

PCTU would like to quote the article "Journey to become a doctor of a little boy selling noodle soup" published by Tran Ngoan at Vnexpress.net:

The poor boy was touched by the feelings of the doctors who saved him, thereby nurturing his dream of becoming a physician.

The boy selling noodles that day was named Tran Hoa, currently head of the intravascular intervention unit, Department of Cardiology Intervention, Hospital of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, also a lecturer of Cardiology, University of Medicine HCMC Pharmacy.

Hoa was born into a poor working family in Quang Nam. After 1975, the whole family migrated to Vuon Mit new economic zone, Gia Lai province. The poor family has many children, since childhood, the boy followed 6 siblings and his parents to the forest to pick mushrooms, make charcoal, go to the fields to grow crops, raise cattle and poultry ... Work hard all year round but not With enough food, the people in the poor neighborhood take turns to pray.

6 years old, Hoa was sent to Saigon to go to school and stayed with a relative's family. After that, the boy's parents and siblings also went to the city to stay, to make a living by selling noodles. Every day, the whole family, from adults to children, pushes the noodle cart to sell from 2-3pm to 2-3am, takes advantage of sleeping for a few hours and then gets up to prepare the bone for the next pot .

Dr. Tran Hoa is visiting the patient

Despite the hard work, the boy always felt that he was more fortunate than the other children because he was able to go to school at the right age. Except when he went to school, the boy followed his mother to sell noodles. Instead of the advertisement, Hoa used a small bamboo stick to knock on the back of a large bamboo stick that would emit a "squealing" cry echoing away from the street. Those who want to eat just call, a few minutes later will be served. For the boy, the biggest joy every day is selling all the goods, not "eating rice noodles" instead of rice.

One rainy night, the mother and daughter's noodles have not sold much, Hoa is worried, a girl calls on the other side of the street to order. The boy happily ran across the street to report to his mother but could not observe, was dragged by a motorcycle for a long distance. Doctor Cho Ray Hospital diagnosed the boy with traumatic brain injury.

Lying in the hospital, half asleep in the province, Hoa also called "Mum makes the other sister a special bowl of noodles with ribs", the doctors and doctors touched. Opening his eyes, he looked around because he was not sure what happened. Fear of panicking children, the doctors and nurses were comforting, encouraging and considerate.

"The image of doctors wearing white blouses like angels, and nurses who gently take care of them every time they clean the wound or give medicine, makes me very touched. I don't think a boy selling tofu. Go back to being cared for like that ", Dr. Hoa recalls.

Overwhelmed by that scene, the poor boy wished that he would later become a doctor to help those in need. But it was only a fleeting dream, because in Hoa's mind, becoming a doctor is a very distant thing, the poor children cannot reach.

As a literacy student, Hoa just dares to become a literature teacher, writer or director. The turning point that made the boy change his mind was that after graduating from grade 12, he received a two-page letter from his cousin who has 5 children as a doctor. In the letter, she advised Hoa to pursue a medical career to help her parents and siblings when sick. Once again his desire to be a doctor returned to the young man, as evidently lying in the hospital bed. Hoa moved to practice grade B for the entrance exam to the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City

The first year Hoa failed college, missing two points. One more year of hard training, the boy passed the General Practitioner exam, only one point behind the valedictorian that year. Many students believe that entering university is a safe stop, but Hoa always thinks "It is difficult to go to medical school, it is harder to withstand", so she never neglects to study.

In the third year of university, the first place Hoa practiced was the Department of Cardiology of Cho Ray Hospital. The student was overwhelmed by the attractiveness of that specialty. The feeling of hearing the sound of the heart beating, the strange blowing sound when placing the stethoscope helped him discover the magic of cardiovascular disease corresponding to the knowledge learned in school. Visits, asking patients with chest pain, how difficult it is to breathe, helping future doctors understand and distinguish heart attack from normal diseases ...

During this time, Hoa was fortunate to study with her brothers and excellent masters in cardiology. The image of the male resident doctors who are both good at theory and clinically proficient left a deep impression on him. It is also an example for Hoa to strive to become a cardiologist, pass the entrance exam and become a cardiology teacher.

At the end of his internship at Cho Ray Hospital, Dr. Hoa always spends at least one day a week and holidays to return to the Cardiology Department on night duty with his senior doctors. Thanks to that, the young man learned many good things that other students hardly have the opportunity to approach.

Graduated from a resident doctor, Hoa won a full scholarship for FFI (inpatient training program in France sponsored by the French government). Two years studying in France is a valuable time to help him access advanced medical knowledge in the fields of cardiology and cardiology. The enthusiastic guidance of teachers and colleagues with the help of his adoptive parents and the French godmother, the young doctor has grown up in his career and life. Returning home, Dr. Hoa and his colleagues saved the lives of many serious coronary patients, helping them to have a better life.

Associate Professor Truong Quang Binh, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh University Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy, highly appreciated Dr. Tran Hoa's efforts and contributions in improving and improving the quality of cardiovascular disease examination and treatment, especially is cardiovascular intervention. Every year, Dr. Hoa and the team of the Intraventricular Intervention Unit treat more than 500 patients with a very high success rate. "In his role as the manager of the Intravascular Intervention Unit, Dr. Hoa always sets an example in his work and has high responsibility for the patient, so he is loved by the patient and his colleagues", said Dr. Binh.

Tran Ngoan