The father "defied the rules", carrying an oxygen tank to save his son

The story of a father who risked his life to go to the street at curfew to carry an oxygen tank to save his son made public opinion sad.

From July 26, Ho Chi Minh City officially entered the first day of implementing measures to strengthen Directive 16 to prevent COVID-19 epidemic. Accordingly, people in the city are not allowed to go out, shops and business establishments must close from 6 pm to 6 am the next morning.

The request was made by Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong at the expanded City Party Committee meeting on the evening of July 25, in the context of Ho Chi Minh City experiencing 17 days of social distancing under Directive 16 and recording more than 58,000 cases. infected during the fourth outbreak.

According to PV Lao Dong, when starting at "curfew" from 18:00, major roads in Ho Chi Minh City such as Pham Van Dong, Vo Van Kiet, Truong Chinh began to be deserted, with only a few cars scattered. circulate.

Most of the people who move through the checkpoints have good reasons such as doctors coming to the hospital on duty, patients on dialysis, and emergency dispatched forces. Some other cases are people who just got off work and are on their way home, such as employees of a television station, student volunteers.

Right on the first evening, Thanh Nien Online recorded a special case in the area of Hoang Van Thu Park where the Task Force of the Tan Binh District Police was on duty. A man named Le Dinh Van (40 years old) went to the street after the specified time.

The shirt is still sweaty, the hands are wearing gloves, the back of the car is an oxygen tank, the man tearfully shared when asked by the traffic police to stop the car, giving the reason for going outside the prescribed hours. According to Mr. Van, he had just passed from Pham Van Dong Street to the oxygen tank distribution center in Tan Hoa Canal to exchange for his son with hepatoblastoma.

"Naturally he was very tired in the afternoon, the oxygen tank in the house was exhausted. I know that it is time to limit going out according to Directive 16, so I have to take my son's medical record for the police to ask, I will give it to you guys to understand me. Going out to the street is to save my child.A 40kg oxygen tank can run for 24 hours.

The baby had surgery at Children's Hospital 2 from April 30 last year, unfortunately last March, it relapsed, the family took it to the hospital but the doctor returned it, just lying at home. Now without oxygen is death, so I have to change the bottle to save the baby."

To confirm, this father opened his phone with a picture of his son and also brought along a medical record in case the traffic police checked it.

Van also said that each oxygen tank costs 400,000 VND, but his wife was affected by work during the epidemic season, so she only stayed at home to take care of her children, life was quite difficult. Soon after, Mr. Van was facilitated by the staff at the checkpoint.

Receiving a small gift of encouragement from the working group, Mr. Van was tearful and choked: "Thank you very much. I understand the rules, but I have to go out at this hour to save my child." Before leaving, Mr. Van repeatedly nodded to say thank you.

Under the article, many people sympathized with Mr. Van's difficult situation. Someone immediately transferred money to support his family, who asked for an address to give his son a box of milk. Many accounts also did not forget to praise Major Le Hoang and the working group for handling it very rationally: "This is a soldier of the Party and State".

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