VietNamNet Bridge - A female French tourist was injured in a traffic accident in Da Nang. Thanks to the timely and methodological assistance of a Vietnamese woman, the tourist was rescued.

Ms. Thong and the French tourist.

On April 3rd, on her way to Linh Ung Pagoda, a famous tourist site in Da Nang, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thong, a resident in Hai Chau District - Da Nang, a staff of the Hoan My Hospital, saw an elderly foreign woman fell off a motorbike on the road.

Based on her experience, Thong was determined that the foreign woman’s right femur was broken.

Thong found an appropriate plank on the roadside, and called on the help of bystanders to give first aid to the foreign victim.

Thong then took the victim to the Hoan My Hospital on a taxi.

Dr. Lam Trong Co, Head of the Emergency Ward of the Hoan My Hospital, said the victim was Ms. Vidal N, 70 years old, a French tourist. The victim’s femur was broken in the accident.

The doctor praised the timely assistance and the knowledge of first aid of Thong, who has recovered very quickly after an operation to replace the femur joint on April 9th. The patient left the hospital on April 14th.

The French tourist was very grateful for the help of Thong. She said when the accident occurred, she was in extreme painand had panicked because she could not speak Vietnamese.

"She not only helped me in the time of misfortune but also regularly visited me at the hospital. I will never forget the assistance and the care of Thong and Vietnamese doctors and nurses,” she said.

Linh Nhat