VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Nguyet Anh, the former karate champion at the Asian Games 2006, will be rescued from painful wounds thanks to VND200 million ($10,000) donated by a benefactor.
After over ten years pursuing the sports career and winning many medals at home and abroad, Nguyet Anh now suffers from a serious knee injury. Devoting her entire youth to the country, Nguyet Anh does not claim anything. She only hopes to be relieved from her wounded knee.

Chief Coach Le Cong of the national karate team has several times asked the General Department of Sports and Physical Training’s assistance to deal with Nguyet Anh’s painful knee, but the agency has made vain promises.

The wound has maltreated the karate artist for years and she was brought to hospitals for examinations many times. Doctors said that she needs an operation but the General Department of Sports and Physical Training has not approved yet.

Her coach is very worried for Nguyet Anh’s wound and he proposed the General Department of Sports and Physical Training to send her to Germany for surgery, but the proposal was ignored because the expenditure is huge.

Coach Le Cong then asked for an operation in Singapore, with the cost of $10,000-14,000, but the General Department of Sports and Physical Training has not answered.

Nguyet Anh and Le Cong want an overseas operation because Nguyet Anh was operated in Vietnam once and the result was very poor.

At present, they accept to live with the wound to practice for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games 2011.

Coach Le Cong temporarily uses Neijia and traditional medicines to treat the wound, while Nguyet Anh tries to sustain the pain. Nguyet Anh only hopes that her knee will be operated before she leaves her career.

It is a good news for Nguyet Anh that lawyer Trinh Van Quyet, General Director of the SMiC Law firm, has donated VND200 million to cover the cost of the operation.

Nguyet Anh hoped that the operation would help her recover from the wound to continue devoting to Vietnam’s sports.

In fact, there are many Vietnamese athletes suffering from wounds like Nguyet Anh. However, only football players are treated carefully by their teams. The reason is limited budget of the sports sector.

PV