Story of a good-hearted woman

A good-hearted woman named Nguyen Thi Tu lives in Buu Hoa ward, Bien Hoa city. She is 53 years old but she has to work hard to earn money for the family.

A good-hearted woman named Nguyen Thi Tu lives in Buu Hoa ward, Bien Hoa city. She is 53 years old but she has to work hard to earn money for the family. She told that she got married in 1976 and ten years later, her husband was diagnosed as schizophrenic. Since then he became abnormal, she took him to many specialist hospital without any sign of improvement. Many people advised her that she should send him to psychiatric hospital and remarry with other man but she has been a faithful wife and has taken care of her husband at home.

When her husband had a fit of madness, he often broke up everything in the house and left home for the streets, she had to find her husband and brought him to the home. She hoped that her husband’s disease would advance. Unfortunately, she has to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of her younger brother-in-law who also suffered from schizophrenic psychosis. She said that with daily income of 25,000 VND it is difficult afford food and other necessities for her family.

She said that she want to live long to take care of her husband and brother in-law and she worried that if she dies before them, nobody would take care of them.

Reported by Huong Giang