We have seen many serious burn victims in the past week, and those team members with experience on other trips have remarked on how common burns are in the developing world, due to cooking methods and unsafe machinery and equipment.
This is Loc, an engineer who fixes cars, motorbikes and other machines. Eight months ago a gasoline explosion gravely burned his face, chest and both his arms. The burns slowly hardened and shrunk his skin, to the point where he could barely use his left hand. The doctors operated on this hand to release the burn contracture and grafted skin from his groin to his hand and wrist. He came out of anesthesia speaking English, which was quite a surprise to the recovery room nurses and translators, saying "I can work again" and "I am happy, I am happy!"
This is Loc, an engineer who fixes cars, motorbikes and other machines. Eight months ago a gasoline explosion gravely burned his face, chest and both his arms. The burns slowly hardened and shrunk his skin, to the point where he could barely use his left hand. The doctors operated on this hand to release the burn contracture and grafted skin from his groin to his hand and wrist. He came out of anesthesia speaking English, which was quite a surprise to the recovery room nurses and translators, saying "I can work again" and "I am happy, I am happy!"
Mr T, I was there last week and I'll be there again the day after tomorrow for two nitghs, does that help?Oh, tips you want is it, errr, we found a really good place that does good Vietnamese food just off Pham Ngu Lao but the name escapes me, there were some other places where the food was crap closeby, we wished we'd stuck to the original place, so give those ones a miss and go to the good one.No thanks requiredDingle
Posted by: Clara | June 03, 2012 at 01:10 PM