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Mr. Hoang Ngoc Hoang (49 years old, residing in Vinh An village, Hieu Giang commune, Quang Tri) - Thai Binh 's father - is a deaf and mute bricklayer since childhood.
The deaf and dumb but skilled bricklayer
He lost his hearing and speech due to complications from a fever when he was young. Despite the family's difficult circumstances, Binh's grandparents crossed the bamboo fence of the village and took their son to Hanoi to seek treatment, but were unsuccessful. He had to accept living with silence.
Not giving up on fate, Mr. Hoang learned the bricklayer trade, became a skilled mason, worked hard to support his family, and sent his two children to school.
Longing for dad to call once, I study hard to become a doctor
When he was a child, Hoang Ngoc Thai Binh often wondered why his father never heard him, why he didn't answer. When he grew up, Binh understood that his father was not like other people, and that urged Binh to learn, hoping that one day he could cure his father's illness.
Since the last years of primary school, the dream of becoming a doctor had formed. By the end of 9th grade, Binh was even more determined when he thought that if his father could hear and speak, life would be very different.
During 12 years of studying, Binh has always achieved high results, being an excellent student for many years. Notably, Binh won third prize in the Cam Lo District Youth Creativity Contest for the 2023-2024 school year with the topic Research on the ability to reduce blood sugar of bear bile leaves.
This topic was carried out by Binh and three classmates for half a year, testing from animals to humans. This is a stepping stone for Binh to reach his medical dream.
While his mother took his father to the doctor, Binh stayed home to take care of his grandfather and younger brother - Photo: HOANG TAO
Shocking shock before high school graduation day
Just as his dream of entering medical school was about to reach its threshold, Binh faced the biggest shock of his life. At the end of May 2025, one day after coming home from work, his father complained of severe stomach pain. His family took him to the general clinic, where the doctor discovered a tumor in his liver. He was then transferred to two larger hospitals. The result was devastating: he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
Doctors advised a liver transplant, but it would cost about 2 billion VND, far beyond the family’s financial capacity. Since then, Binh’s already difficult family life has become even more miserable.
Pain and the lingering dream of a doctor
Mr. Hoang used to be the breadwinner of his family, earning 300,000 - 350,000 VND per day as a construction worker. Now he can only walk around the house, and sometimes the pain is so bad that he has to lie down all day. For the past two months, he has been treated at Quang Tri Provincial Hospital, each session lasting a week, returning home for a few days and then being hospitalized again when the pain becomes unbearable. The total cost of medicine and hospital fees has reached hundreds of millions of VND.
The family received more than 200 million VND in compensation from the Van Ninh - Cam Lo expressway project, which was expected to be used to support Binh and his siblings' education. But the money has run out along with Mr. Hoang's increasingly long treatment and prescriptions.
Binh's family lives on 3 sao of rice fields and the meager income from construction work of Thai Thi Meo - Binh's mother. But since her husband became seriously ill, her work has been erratic because she has had to take time off to take care of her husband in the hospital.
When his mother took his father to Hanoi for treatment, Binh stayed home to cook, take care of his grandfather and younger brother who was in 9th grade.
The graduation exam results brought joy mixed with anxiety. Binh applied to study general medicine at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, but the tuition fees of the two schools with six years of medical study would be a difficult borrowing problem for his family.
"The dream of curing my father is probably over, but I still wish to become a doctor to help people who are less fortunate than my father. Later, I also want to help many poor people who cannot afford hospital fees," Binh said with a lot of confusion.
Binh helps his mother take care of the chickens - Photo: HOANG TAO
A methodical self-study student
Ms. Le Thi Nguyet, Binh's chemistry teacher for 3 years in high school, commented that Binh was somewhat disadvantaged because of his difficult family situation, lack of learning tools and clothes, but in return, Binh had a very good will to excel in his studies and very good self-study methods.
"Binh confided that if he passed the medical school exam, he would be very worried because he was afraid his parents would not have enough money to pay for his tuition. If Binh becomes a doctor, he will be a good doctor because he is ethical, emotional, understanding, close to people, and always helps others in their studies," said Ms. Nguyet.
Similarly, Mr. Hoang Cong Nguyen - the head of Vinh An village - said that although he is deaf and mute, Mr. Hoang is the main breadwinner in the family. In the past, the couple worked hard to support their children, but now that they have fallen ill, things have become more precarious.
In the small house in Vinh An village, apart from his elderly grandfather and seriously ill father, everyone else thinks about Binh's future with some hope. Binh said his path is full of thorns, but as long as he is supported through hardships, he will be steadfast in his career choice.
HOANG TAO
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/mong-lam-bac-si-de-duoc-nghe-cha-goi-ten-du-chi-mot-lan-20250811063313731.htm
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