Two years ago, along with 10 other Japanese nurses, Miki Soma, arrived in Vietnam in the framework of a voluntary program called the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
She had worked in Sapporo city in Hokkaido, Japan, before becoming a voluntary nurse for a three-year period at Bach Mai Hospital.
Over the past two years, Miki has got used to travelling by bus from Ngoc Ha flower village to the hospital to work at the hospital’s Pediatrics Department.
She usually gets up at 6:00 am every morning and gets on a bus at around 6:30 am so that she can be present at the hospital at 7:30 am.
As a volunteer, she has received no pay, except support in house renting and subsidence allowance.
Miki said what has made her happy during work is the friendliness given by her Vietnamese counterparts.
Generally speaking, Japanese are shy when communicating, while Vietnamese are more sociable, and often offer smiles to others, Miki said.
She also said parents whose children being treated at the hospital show respect to her.
Associate Prof. Dr Nguyen Tien Dung, head of the Pediatrics Department at Bach Mai Hospital, offered many praises to Miki for her work.
Miki is very skilful and works very hard, Dr Dung said, adding that the volunteer has set a good example at work for her Vietnamese colleagues to follow.
This September, Miki will complete her voluntary work in Vietnam, wrapping a period she said has given her many memories.
Miki said three years of work at Bach Mai Hospital will be memorable to her.
She said she will remember forever a case in which a prematurely born baby who weighed only 400 grams when hospitalized to Bach Mai in 2013, and after three months of being taken care of there, the baby weighed 2 kilograms and was discharged in better health.
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