A woman cooks her meal in 'dialysis patient alley'in Lê Thanh Nghị Street, Hà Nội.

However, they are not alone.

The Government, local administration and relevant agencies have put in place a lot of support for the patients, following the Government’s slogan “no one left behind” in the fight against the pandemic.

Mai Anh Tuấn, 43, of Ba Vì District, Hà Nội, who currently temporarily resides in alley No 121, Lê Thanh Nghị Street, Hai Bà Trưng District’s Đồng Tâm Ward, said he was very busy lately.

Tuấn, head of “dialysis patient alley”, said he was assigned to monitor the daily movements of the dialysis patients during their period of quarantine and report to the authorised agencies. The quarantine started on March 30.

He also had to notify the dialysis patients so they could receive free rice, oil, fish sauce, milk and face masks from the ward authorities, he said.

The alley is called “dialysis patient alley” because there are 87 people renting rooms close to the hospital for dialysis treatment, the Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) online newspaper reported.

Phạm Xuân Trường, 67, of the northern province of Nam Định, said this year was the sixth year he has undergone dialysis at the hospital.

Queuing in line to receive rice on Wednesday afternoon, Trường said he felt touched when he and his neighbours received a lot of care from the local authorities.

Đoàn Thị Lực, 53, from the northern province of Bắc Giang, said at first, when hearing information about the quarantine, she was very worried.

The first thing she did was go to the market and buy more rice, she said. She was worried about having nothing to eat.

Now, she felt relieved after the local authorities sent a lot of rice, she added.

“My husband and children in my hometown were very worried for me, but I said don’t worry, the local authorities are giving us a lot of support,” she added.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/en/society/no-one-left-behind-ha-noi-s-dialysis-patients-get-help-amid-covid-19-630984.html