VietNamNet Bridge – When someone falls from a motorbike during an accident in Viet Nam, passersby often do not stop. It’s unfortunately commonplace. But in Binh Duong Province’s Di An Town, a 24-member motorbike first-aid team is always available at intersections where accidents frequently occur.

The motorbike first-aid team is always available at intersections where accidents frequently occur. Photo dantri.com.vn

For years, the team’s drivers of motorbike taxis and delivery tricycles have taken hundreds of people involved in accidents to hospitals.

Founded by the Di An Ward Red Cross Association 13 years ago, the team has received enthusiastic support from motorbike-taxi drivers.

Nguyen Van Vao, a member of the team, recalls that once, after hearing a loud sound, he found a man lying unconscious on the ground.

The man had crashed into an electricity pole. Vao immediately took him to the hospital.  

Huynh Thi Mai, a resident of Di An Ward, was also helped by Vao when he took her to Dong Nai Hospital to give birth. Vao stayed at the hospital and gave her money since she had no one else to help her.

Vao says the reward for him is the gratitude shown by people he has supported.

Another team member, Tien Giang native Pham Ngoc An, 51, says that he once took a worker who had a serious wound to the hospital, where the doctor would not allow An to leave because he thought he had caused the accident.

The doctor had no idea that An was one of the volunteer first-aid drivers.

After that, the Red Cross Association gave all the team members identification cards.

VNS