The Kim Bang Sanatorium Centre in Ha Nam province is home to more than 100 ailing soldiers, including 40 seriously wounded ones who are still suffering from the trauma of battle.
The Kim Bang Sanatorium Centre in Ha Nam province is home to more than 100 ailing soldiers, including 40 seriously wounded ones who are still suffering from the trauma of battle.
They cannot speak, do not remember who they are and do not know why they are staying there.
Although they daily receive whole-hearted care from doctors and nurses, the war is not yet over in their mind. They cannot blot out their memories of fierce fighting occurring anywhere, even in a yard corner.
See some photos taken by a reporter at the centre.
A wounded soldier has not spoken any word for 20 years
Nguyen Dinh Thang has been at the centre since 1974
Nguyen Xuan Tai suffering from schizophrenia
A soldier pretending to be asleep every time he has to take medicine
The centre has a staff of one doctor, eight nurses and 2 orderlies
(Source: VOV)
