Life of Vietnamese war invalids, 40 years after southwest border defense war

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Life of Vietnamese war invalids, 40 years after southwest border defense war

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Tran Toan, a war invalid from the southwest border defense war with the lower half of his body atrophied and losing of feelings, has a meal on a special bed made to serve his daily personal activities. Photo: Mai Thuong / Tuoi Tre

Saturday, July 27, 2019

As many as 58 war invalids are currently treated at the Long Dat Wounded Soldiers’ Nursing Center located in Long Hai Town..

Most of them used to be volunteer soldiers to Cambodia in the southwest border defense war that ended 40 years ago.

The southwest border defense war ended with a joint victory for Vietnam and Cambodia in 1979, but it left behind another fight – the battle of many Vietnamese war invalids against the post-war pain of injuries and diseases.

The sequelae of spinal wounds made the lower half of their body or even their whole body atrophy and caused loss of feelings, resulting in incontinent personal activities. They thus need the help of a nurse for all day-to-day routines.

Some of the war invalids at the Long Dat Wounded Soldiers’ Nursing Center have never once had a chance to return to their homeland since their hospitalization.

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