Crowded working conditions in 19th century match factories. Photo: Wikimedia Commons In 1855, a 16-year-old factory worker named Cornelia visited a doctor in New York (USA) because of a toothache in his right lower jaw. The girl said she worked at least 8 hours a day at a match packing factory, for two years, but now her mouth hurts so much that she can’t even eat. Unbeknownst to the patient, she was regularly exposed to the toxic white phosphorus substance, which is used as a match, which caused the terrifying condition on her face, known as the “phossy jaw”. The doctor cut the patient’s gums, removed a tooth and allowed her to return to the factory. But Cornelia quickly returned to see the doctor at Bellevue hospital in a worse condition. A hole had formed in her jaw and was constantly oozing pus. Finally, in a painful and difficult surgery, the doctor removed the entire lower jaw of the patient. Cornelia was just one of hundreds of young women suffering from “phossy jaw” in the early 20th century. An illustration of a female patient suffering from “phossy jaw” – also known as “matchmaker’s leprosy”. In industrial plants, female workers are hired to dip wooden sticks in white phosphorus, soak them for hours at a time, creating matches that “can be hit anywhere.” But such close exposure to white phosphorus caused their jawbones to deteriorate. According to Allthatsinteresting, matchmakers struggled to raise public awareness of the pain they endured, but it still took decades for white phosphorus to be completely banned. However, their struggle was not in vain, patients like Cornelia were at the forefront of the fight for workers’ rights. Haunted by matches Matches were a popular commodity in England and America in the early 19th century. Industry insiders worked tirelessly to find new innovations in matchmaking technology: the use of white phosphorus. Despite its reputation for being toxic, the chemical is made into a paste that can shine on any surface with just a little friction. The “hit anywhere” matches, also known as lucifer matches, became extremely popular, and the industry that made them profited proportionally. Factory owners know that long-term exposure to white phosphorus can cause jaw necrosis, but they continue to administer it. They hire women and girls to work in the factory for 10-15 hours a day. It is estimated that in the 1900s there were almost 5 million women in the labor force in this industry. A woman with a “phossy jaw”. Image: Wikimedia Commons Every morning, factory workers come to the matchmaking workshop. Mixers mix phosphorus with glue and color, then dryer workers stack thousands of matches onto a frame. The immersion unit then dips those matchsticks into the phosphorus mixture. After the matches are dry, the workers will perform the final stage of canning. A dipping worker can dip up to 10 million matches a day, exposing himself to toxic chemicals at the same time. Factory owners have also implemented new procedures to reduce harm. Employees must wash their hands after working, workers who dip matches use masks to cover their mouths. Some other factories are looking to improve the ventilation system. But white phosphorus continues to poison workers. “The Matchmaker’s Leprosy” “Phossy jaw” is also known as “matchmaker’s leprosy”, in part because it causes facial disfigurement and is often ostracized from the workplace. The first recorded case of “phossy jaw” was in 1838 in a matchmaker living in Vienna, Austria. By 1844, a doctor in Vienna reported 22 more cases of phosphorus-related jaw necrosis, but the industry was still growing rapidly. In 1857, Dr. James Rushmore Wood of New York began writing about “phossy jaw” after treating 16-year-old Cornelia. He noticed that the first sign of the disease was jaw pain, followed by abscesses along the gum line. Sometimes the victim’s gums even glow in the dark. In some severe cases, necrosis completely destroys the jawbone, and can be fatal. Dr. Wood’s treatment of Cornelia’s jaw using a saw, known in the 19th century as a “cheese string”, was unsuccessful. Mr Wood had to perform a second surgery and monitor the patient for a month before declaring Cornelia “cure”. Other victims were not as fortunate as Cornelia. A 22-year-old girl named Barbara, who worked in a match factory for three years, died less than three months after the onset of symptoms. Then there was a 13 year old girl named Annie who noticed her arm started to glow after working in the match factory for 4 years. Like Cornelia, she also had surgery to remove her jaw. Maggie, 23, continues to make matches after undergoing five surgeries to remove her jaw. It is estimated that approximately 11% of people exposed to white phosphorus develop a “phossy function”. By 1909, the United States recorded more than 100 such cases. Painting of a match worker protest in 1871. Photo: Wikimedia Commons While the employers are indifferent, the workers are forced to solve their own problems. In June 1888, feminist activist Annie Besant wrote about the plight of matchmaking girls in England. In her article “White Slaves in London”, Ms. Besant chronicles the working conditions in the match factories and the terrifying reality of the “phossy jaw”. She pointed to inequalities in factories such as low wages, unreasonable fines, cluttered, dirty spaces. Annie Besant was a British activist who fought to reform working conditions for female match workers. Image: Wikimedia Commons Decades of struggle At the time of writing Besant, several countries had banned the use of phosphorus in factories, but not the UK, where the government argued that banning the chemical would restrict free trade. Besant’s article created a conflict between Bryant & May, a large London match factory, and their workers. Bryant & May pressured workers to sign a statement denying Besant’s demands, and fired workers who didn’t. The company’s actions caused the match workers’ strike of 1888, in which 1,400 factory workers refused to work, protesting the dire conditions. Bryant & May workers joined the 1888 strike. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The striking workers won several concessions from Bryant & May, including an end to unfair fines. But the plant continues to use white phosphorus. Although phosphorus was not yet outlawed in England, the strike of 1888 drew new attention to the appalling condition in many match factories. Journalists reported abuses, including an attempt to cover up the severity of the “phossy jaw”. In 1892, The Star newspaper published a series of photographs of victims of the “phossy jaw” at the Bryant & May company. The newspaper alleges that Bryant & May forced a worker with a “phossy jaw” to quit her job and promised to pay her when she recovered. But when the female worker recovered from her illness, they refused to hire the girl again because of the victim’s hideous appearance. The factory claimed that a woman who lost half her jaw would panic other workers. Even after learning of the cover-up, the British government decided not to ban white phosphorus, a toxin that has harmed workers for more than half a century. In 1898, the British government finally fined Bryant & May 25 pounds, equivalent to several thousand dollars in today’s prices. In 1891, William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, joined the fight against the use of white phosphorus. He opened a match factory that refused to use the chemical, hoping it would pressure other factories to do the same. His factory encouraged consumers to boycott white phosphorus matches. However, phosphorus matches were only discontinued until French chemists discovered sesquisulfide, a safe substitute for white phosphorus. Bryant & May switched to this alternative in 1901. Britain finally banned white phosphorus entirely in 1910, but decades have passed since a doctor in Vienna first determined that it caused “phossy jaw” in match workers. By then, it will be too late to undo the damage this poison has done to so many workers, “in the name” of better-quality matches.

Crowded working conditions in 19th century match factories. Photo: Wikimedia Commons In 1855, a 16-year-old factory worker named Cornelia visited a doctor in New York (USA) because of a toothache in his right lower jaw. The girl said she worked at least 8 hours a day at a match packing factory, for two years, but now her mouth hurts so much that she can’t even eat. Unbeknownst to the patient, she was regularly exposed to the toxic white phosphorus substance, which is used as a match, causing the terrifying condition on her face, known as the “phossy jaw”. The doctor cut the patient’s gums, removed a tooth and allowed her to return to the factory. But Cornelia quickly returned to see the doctor at Bellevue hospital in a worse condition. A hole had formed in her jaw and was constantly oozing pus. Finally, in a painful and difficult surgery, the doctor removed the entire lower jaw of the patient. Cornelia was just one of hundreds of young women suffering from “phossy jaw” in the early 20th century. An illustration of a female patient suffering from “phossy jaw” – also known as “matchmaker’s leprosy”. In industrial plants, female workers are hired to dip wooden sticks in white phosphorus, soak them for hours, creating matches that “can be hit anywhere.” But such close exposure to white phosphorus caused their jawbones to deteriorate. According to Allthatsinteresting, matchmakers struggled to raise public awareness of the pain they endured, but it still took decades for white phosphorus to be completely banned. However, their struggle was not in vain, patients like Cornelia were at the forefront of the fight for workers’ rights. Haunted by matches Matches were a popular commodity in England and America in the early 19th century. Industry insiders worked tirelessly to find new innovations in matchmaking technology: the use of white phosphorus. Despite its reputation for being toxic, the chemical is made into a paste that can shine on any surface with just a little friction. The “hit anywhere” matches, also known as lucifer matches, became extremely popular, and the industry that made them profited proportionally. Factory owners know that long-term exposure to white phosphorus can cause jaw necrosis, but they continue to administer it. They hire women and girls to work in the factory for 10-15 hours a day. It is estimated that in the 1900s there were almost 5 million women in the labor force in this industry. A woman with a “phossy jaw”. Image: Wikimedia Commons Every morning, factory workers come to the matchmaking workshop. Mixers mix phosphorus with glue and color, then dryer workers stack thousands of matches onto a frame. The immersion unit then dips those matchsticks into the phosphorus mixture. After the matches are dry, the workers will perform the final stage of canning. A dipping worker can dip up to 10 million matches a day, exposing himself to toxic chemicals at the same time. Factory owners have also implemented new procedures to reduce harm. Employees must wash their hands after working, workers who dip matches use masks to cover their mouths. Some other factories are looking to improve the ventilation system. But white phosphorus continues to poison workers. “The Matchmaker’s Leprosy” “Phossy jaw” is also known as “matchmaker’s leprosy,” in part because it causes facial disfigurement and is often ostracized from the workplace. The first recorded case of “phossy jaw” was in 1838 in a matchmaker living in Vienna, Austria. By 1844, a doctor in Vienna reported 22 more cases of phosphorus-related jaw necrosis, but the industry was still growing rapidly. In 1857, Dr. James Rushmore Wood of New York began writing about “phossy jaw” after treating 16-year-old Cornelia. He noticed that the first sign of the disease was jaw pain, followed by abscesses along the gum line. Sometimes the victim’s gums even glow in the dark. In some severe cases, necrosis completely destroys the jawbone, and can be fatal. Dr. Wood’s treatment of Cornelia’s jaw using a saw, known in the 19th century as a “cheese string”, was unsuccessful. Mr Wood had to perform a second surgery and monitor the patient for a month before declaring Cornelia “cure”. Other victims were not as fortunate as Cornelia. A 22-year-old girl named Barbara, who worked in a match factory for three years, died less than three months after the onset of symptoms. Then there was a 13 year old girl named Annie who noticed her arm started to glow after working in the match factory for 4 years. Like Cornelia, she also had surgery to remove her jaw. Maggie, 23, continues to make matches after undergoing five surgeries to remove her jaw. It is estimated that approximately 11% of people exposed to white phosphorus develop a “phossy function”. By 1909, the United States recorded more than 100 such cases. Painting of a match worker protest in 1871. Photo: Wikimedia Commons While the employers are indifferent, the workers are forced to solve their own problems. In June 1888, feminist activist Annie Besant wrote about the plight of matchmaking girls in England. In her article “White Slaves in London”, Ms. Besant documents the working conditions in the match factories and the terrifying reality of the “phossy jaw”. She pointed to inequalities in factories such as low wages, unreasonable fines, cluttered, dirty spaces. Annie Besant was a British activist who fought to reform working conditions for female match workers. Image: Wikimedia Commons Decade struggle At the time of writing Besant, several countries had banned the use of phosphorus in plants, but not the UK, where the government argued that banning the chemical would result in restrictions on free trade. Besant’s article created a conflict between Bryant & May, a large London match factory, and their workers. Bryant & May pressured workers to sign a statement denying Besant’s demands, and fired workers who didn’t. The company’s actions caused the match workers’ strike of 1888, in which 1,400 factory workers refused to work, protesting the dire conditions. Bryant & May workers joined the 1888 strike. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The striking workers won several concessions from Bryant & May, including an end to unfair fines. But the plant continues to use white phosphorus. Although phosphorus was not yet outlawed in England, the strike of 1888 drew new attention to the appalling condition in many match factories. Journalists reported abuses, including an attempt to cover up the severity of the “phossy jaw”. In 1892, The Star newspaper published a series of photographs of victims of the “phossy jaw” at the Bryant & May company. The newspaper alleges Bryant & May forced a worker with a “phossy jaw” to quit her job and promised to pay her when she recovered. But when the female worker recovered from her illness, they refused to hire the girl again because of the victim’s hideous appearance. The factory claimed that a woman who lost half her jaw would panic other workers. Women work at the Sirio Match Co. in Brooklyn, New York, circa 1915. Photo: Getty Images Even after learning of the cover-up, the British government decided not to ban white phosphorus, a toxin that has harmed workers for more than half a century. In 1898, the British government finally fined Bryant & May 25 pounds, equivalent to several thousand dollars in today’s prices. In 1891, William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, joined the fight against the use of white phosphorus. He opened a match factory that refused to use the chemical, hoping it would pressure other factories to do the same. His factory encouraged consumers to boycott white phosphorus matches. However, phosphorus matches were only discontinued until French chemists discovered sesquisulfide, a safe substitute for white phosphorus. Bryant & May switched to this alternative in 1901. Britain finally banned white phosphorus entirely in 1910, but decades have passed since a doctor in Vienna first determined that it caused “phossy jaw” in match workers. By then, it will be too late to undo the damage this poison has done to so many workers, “in the name” of better-quality matches.

On April 22, Beijing time, this season’s Super League Group B officially kicked off in Suzhou. In a game at the Kunshan Sports Center, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers 1-6 defeated Shanghai Harbour, which was also the second tragic loss in the history of the Super League. The league started after Shanghai SIPG had beaten Dalian Yifang 8-0 at home. However, from the perspective of the scene, the lower limit of the league shown by Tianjin Jinmen Tigers this season will only be lower. Starting from 70 minutes in the second half, Shanghai Haigang began to replace three foreign attackers. If it were not for the mercy of Shanghai Haigang, Jinmen Tigers’ The goals conceded are likely to be in double digits.

The goal of the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers in this game is to lose less when they lose. Yu Genwei, who served as the head coach of the Super League for the first time, has a 541 formation. A certain effect was achieved in the first 20 minutes, but due to the lack of systematic training of the players, more than 30 minutes later, many Jinmen Tigers have experienced a sharp decline in physical fitness. The Tianjin team’s defense immediately became full of loopholes, relying on Oscar’s two feet. Pass in seconds, the harbor led by 2 goals in the first half. In the second half, the harbour opened the game, scoring 4 goals in 10 minutes from 47 to 57 minutes of the game, expanding the score to 6-0.

With the expansion of the score, the game has lost the significance of the competitive level. When Anautovic scored the sixth goal for the team, the Harbour players did not even have the excitement after scoring, just stepped forward gently. High five to celebrate. In the last minute of the game, the Tianjin team took advantage of a counterattack opportunity to score a face-saving goal by foreign aid Iloki, with this ball to save a trace of face.

From the technical statistics after the game, the possession rate of Haigang reached 73%, while the possession rate of Tianjin Jinmenhu was only 27%, and the number of shots by Haigang was as high as 22 times. Jinmenhu only had a pitiful 3 times. From the perspective of the offenses completed in the game, the harbor completed 164 offenses and created 96 dangers, while the Jinmen Tigers only completed 67 offenses, and only 16 offensives that created a certain threat were made. No matter from which point of view, this is not a level of league contest.

It is difficult to give more criticism to the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers’ fiasco. Before the official start of the league, this team only trained for less than three weeks. Correspondingly, the club’s five-month “disorder” If it were not for the forced “resurrection” on March 28, Tianjin Football would have bid farewell to the Super League territory.

After cleaning up the remaining strength of Tianjin TEDA, the current Jinmen Tigers can only meet the registration requirements of the Super League in terms of numbers. Many of the new forces the club has added in the transfer market have not experienced systematic winter training. Two foreign aid central defenders, Kadar, played for Shandong Luneng last season and are considered to be of average level, while former foreign aid Iloki played for Sichuan Youbixuan last season, and was subsequently loaned to Suzhou Soochow by Youbixuan on a temporary loan. In May, although he scored a goal in this game, he is basically only a foreign aid at the level of China. Jinmen Tigers starting forward Li Xiang, although he came from TEDA youth training, but did not represent TEDA’s record in the Super League. Before that, he had been mixed in low-level leagues such as China A and China B.

Such a lineup, don’t mention the Super League, in the eyes of many insiders, I am afraid that the competitiveness is not as good as that of many Chinese A teams. Although Tianjin Football ultimately retained the Chinese Super League qualification “dramatically”, with such a team, how to survive in the Chinese Super League deserves outside attention. Last season, Tianjin Teda did not have a win in the 14th round of the league, but using the special format, it was lucky to be relegated in the knockout stage. This season, if the Tianjin Tianjin Tigers cannot introduce strong support in the second transfer window, their overall performance will only be better than last season’s TEDA. More tragic.

Although the head coach Yu Genwei affirmed the team’s fighting spirit after the game, the current situation of the team may be difficult to change in the short term. The “resurrected” Tianjin Jinmen Tigers has greatly refreshed the lower limit of the Chinese Super League, and this has an impact on the overall trend of the league. I am afraid it will also have a profound impact. (Sohu Sports Pei Li)

Over the years, the death rate in burn patients has decreased by 5-6% to 1-1.7%. Many of the patients with extensive burns have been saved. Currently, Le Huu Trac National Hospital has saved the life of an adult patient with a superficial burn area of ​​85% of the body area (DTCT), deep burns up to 52% of DTCT, this rate for children is 80% DTCT and 50 % DTCT. More importantly, the number of patients with superficial burn area less than 40% of patients with severe burns and deep burns below 30% previously died very high, so far almost no longer die. Many patients with severe burns with complicated complications such as sepsis, septic shock, respiratory burns, acute kidney failure, gastrointestinal bleeding … have been saved. Head of Department-Center of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (National Burn Hospital Le Huu Trac) guides clinical practice for graduate students. Photo: TIEN THANH Along with the spirit of solidarity, unity, dynamism, creativity, daring to think and daring to do of collectives and individuals, is the factor that created the great leaps and developments of National Park Le Huu Trac. From a small and modest initial base, thanks to the effective investment of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defense, the Military Medical Academy and effective local help, Le Huu Trac National Park has had get a spacious and modern appearance. The Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the hospital have led, directed and implemented the implementation of world-wide advanced and modern techniques in burn treatment, plastic surgery and wound healing such as: Technique of using self-skin and homologous skin in combination with two-layer transplant in the treatment of patients with deep and large-area burns; early feeding technique through gastric catheterization; continuous super dialysis technique; micro-surgery techniques in the treatment of burn sequelae; Depth diagnosis technique by Laser Doppler … Also from here, the model, name, organization and staffing of the hospital have also changed and developed to meet the requirements of political tasks. to be delivered in the new period. In addition to emergency, treatment, in training, along with other departments of HVQY, for many years, the hospital has always been interested in building a team of trainers in the Department of Burns and Disaster Medicine and the Department-Center. Plastic and reconstructive surgery; participating in training thousands of long-term students, hundreds of nursing bachelors and primary practitioners of burns, primary and secondary specialists, masters, and doctors in burns, plastic surgery and regenerating together with hundreds of nurses of lower level hospitals; Focusing on self-training, retraining and foreign language training for staff and staff, constantly improving the professional qualifications for physicians and staff. In addition, over the past years, Le Huu Trac National Hospital has completed more than 100 scientific topics, more than 60 technical innovation initiatives in all areas such as: Burn treatment, burn sequelae, plastic surgery. , wound healing, cell technology, skin replacement materials, burn medicine … The results of scientific research are highly practical, widely applied in treatment and training, bringing Significantly effective, helps shorten days of treatment, lower mortality, reduce costs for patients. Many subjects became dissertations of graduate students, master theses, specialized doctors at level 1, level 2. Some projects at hospital level have been upgraded into ministerial- and state-level subjects. The research results of the topics have brought about common effects to the burn specialty of the whole army, nationwide, becoming an achievement of the health sector of the country. In addition, Le Huu Trac National Hospital has always focused on doing well the directing work throughout the country, together with medical facilities, step by step build up a treatment system for burn specialist in provincial and city hospitals. International cooperation with countries with a developed health economy has been strengthened, with many staff members being members of the World Burn Association, the European Burn Association and the Asia-Pacific Burn Association. With qualifications, capabilities and development, the hospital successfully hosted many international burn conferences, sent staff to participate in scientific reports at domestic and international burn conferences, and received by partners. appreciate. Promoting the heroic tradition, on the basis of achievements and lessons learned, in the coming years, the Party Committee, the Board of Directors of the National Park Le Huu Trac determined to thoroughly grasp the above directives and resolutions, raising the high spirits. The spirit of solidarity unanimously agreed, creativity, constantly improving the professional qualifications of the team of physicians, creating all conditions for white-shirted soldiers to study, practice, improve medicine, foster medical ethics, building Le Huu Trac National Hospital to develop in all aspects, worthy of being an exemplary medical center for first aid, burn treatment, plastic surgery, wound healing, training, scientific research, directing, become the reliable fulcrum of the army and people. Over the past years, Le Huu Trac National Park has twice been awarded the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces; 1 First Class Independence Medal; 2 Third Class Military Achievement Medal; 2 Victory Medal, First and Second Class; 3 Labor Medal, First, Second, Third and many other noble awards.

Traffic accident patients increased again

Talk to reporters Infonet, Dr. Luong Van Chuong, Head of Emergency Department of Green Pon Hospital said that the first time when Decree 100 officially took effect and was implemented, traffic accidents that required hospitalization were greatly reduced. much.

However, recently, the traffic accident has become more serious. According to statistics at the Emergency Department of the Blue Poly Hospital, only since the beginning of April, the department has received 75 cases due to traffic accidents. This also happened similarly at Viet Duc Hospital and other hospitals in Hanoi City.

Serious injuries caused by traffic accidents were taken to the emergency room at Viet Duc Hospital.

According to Dr. Chuong, after the social gap for epidemic prevention is over, all activities return to “new normal state”, the alcohol use increases, patients hospitalized due to traffic accidents also have signs. increase.

“Over 50% of traffic accidents that get tested in the Emergency Department have alcohol levels in the blood. This proves that they used alcohol and caused traffic accidents ”, said Dr. Luong Van Chuong.

What worries Dr. Chuong is that traffic accidents caused by alcohol use often feature much more severe injuries than normal accidents.

“Most patients come in a state of complex, multi-organ damage, most commonly traumatic brain, abdomen (rupture of the liver, spleen rupture), fractured limbs … Sad than most of the cases. This mainly falls on young men in working age ”, MSc .. Dr. Luong Van Chuong said.

M.BS Luong Van Chuong.

It takes manpower and medicine to cure it, but the sequelae are still very heavy

On the task of saving people, with any traffic accident (with loved ones, or without relatives) being brought to the hospital, the doctors must treat them. However, according to Dr. Chuong, when meeting these cases, Khoa had to mobilize many medical doctors to participate in the emergency.

For patients suffering from multiple traumatic accidents, the hospital will have to trigger a red alarm for the whole hospital to the emergency centers, external emergency resuscitation, surgery … Many serious cases must be taken directly to the operating theater. At this time, both to coordinate resuscitation and perform surgery for the patient.

Doctor Luong Van Chuong visits patients with traffic accidents at Green Po Hospital.

On average for each such case, the Emergency Department had to organize a tour with 5 surgical doctors, 2 emergency doctors, 7 nurses… to focus on the patient. In addition, it is necessary to arrange an emergency team on duty at the whole hospital, including: anesthetists, imaging diagnostics (imaging, ultrasound); surgical doctors (neurologists if the patient has traumatic brain injury; gastrointestinal doctor (for patients with abdominal trauma) or orthopedic surgeons (if the patient has fractured limbs); sometimes needed to both the vascular surgeon and the doctor in the Department of Hematology to promptly transfuse if the patient is losing too much blood.

The hospital is dedicated to saving patients from traffic accidents, but it is not always lucky to reach patients, especially traffic accidents caused by alcohol.

“If ordinary people have a traffic accident (if not surprised), reflexively, they usually try to avoid to limit injury, but in cases of alcohol use, they lose control, no mastering behavior …, so injuries are often very severe, not only injuring one organ but often multi-organ “, Dr. Luong Van Chuong analyzed.

“We have received the death cases at the Faculty, especially many deaths on the way to the hospital. This is a real shock to the relatives of the victim”, Head of Emergency Department of St. Paul Hospital share.

With lucky cases of escaping the scythe of death, according to Dr. Luong Van Chuong, the sequelae left behind are also very heavy: Legs and arms are amputated lightly; Severe mental effects (epilepsy, neurological abnormalities), even some people live plants …

Sickness and accident are not said before, but with traffic accidents in general, especially due to alcohol in particular, the point of view of Dr. Chuong is that they can be prevented. More than ever, he hopes to “be unemployed”, no longer have to mobilize the total force for victims of traffic accident.

To do this, Dr. Chuong wants people to be responsible for themselves, their families and the community when participating in traffic by strictly enforcing the Traffic Safety Law, drinking alcohol, not driving. .

“Suggest specialized agencies to tighten the supervision of alcohol use when participating in traffic, strengthen propaganda about the sense of participating in traffic so that people understand not to drive when using alcohol. “, Dr. Luong Van Chuong expressed.

Robert Hoge with his beautiful wife and little angel.

Born with a deformed shape

According to the Daily Mail, 44 years ago, science did not have a scanner or ultrasound so Robert was not examined during pregnancy. He was born with a very weak constitution, an abnormal face shape like a “monster” when there was a giant tumor, the size of a tennis ball right between his eyes. Robert’s leg was so deformed that doctors had no choice but to amputate it.

This was a big shock to the family. Robert’s mother, Mary seemed dumbfounded to her eyes, she was scared to look at the baby, unable to come close, to hold him even once. She was so shocked that the whole family left the little boy in the hospital to volunteer to take care of and return home.

In fact, the Australian woman was scared. Mary confided to her sister: “My son is very ugly, I fear even at first glance, it is my obsession, I cannot feed him.” Met with criticism from her sister, being asked about the baby by many people, Mary did not have the courage to admit she left her in the hospital. She realized that she had to take her home, poor little son. She tried to overcome the overwhelming psychological shock, and went to the hospital to pick up her child. Since then, Robert also has another nickname “Ugly” (meaning ugly).

Robert Hoge has an ugly, disfigured face.

When he was interviewed later, Robert Hoge painfully admitted that his mother sometimes only wished that her son died as soon as possible to get her out of the nightmare of life. “In my mother’s diary, she wrote that I wish I had died and told the nurses that she did not want this child. However, overcoming the emotional shock, my mother decided to raise me, a child with serious medical conditions, ”said Robert.

Life is never easy

However, life is never easy for Robert. When he was 4 years old, he was taken to discover a center, he was very happy to go out, explore the world around him. He was bought by his mother for a veil that only reveals his eyes, he is very excited and thanks to his mother’s gift.

At the same time his family went to a strange place, he trembled when he saw all the strange machines, he was measured his face by uncles in white and examined all over his body. Now his mother said that I was going to undergo a surgery, I would look healthier and cuter. He innocently thanked his mother. He just wanted to turn to hug his mother, to be sullen even once, but his mother hurriedly stood up. A little bit sad, but Robert leaned his mouth open again toward his mother, as if thanking her so much.

Despite the pain, he still tried to make his mother happy, he didn’t want to make her worry even once. He told her she was very well, I was fine. Robert Hoge underwent several surgeries after giving birth, one of which was surgery to remove a facial tumor that had grown almost the size of a tennis ball. Unfortunately, the aftermath of the surgery and his physical condition was unbearable, he was forced to amputate both legs to make room for the prosthetic legs. Since then, it has become more difficult for him to walk. Her face was haggard because of the unruly undulations of the gauze.

The young Robert Hoge was a child with his parents.

During the time he was growing up, he constantly received ridicule and alienated words from the people around him. Once his mother let him go out to meet a friend, Robert was very happy to be able to rarely take out his face veil to catch the sun. The neighbor saw him rushing into the house and crying like he had a nightmare. Robert hurriedly covered his towel and wandered into the house.

When he became a boy big enough, Robert realized his difference, it was time to go to school, everyone looked at him scared, the brothers and sisters just played together without playing with him, his mother loved him. but only far away, seldom near. However, instead of self-esteem and embarrassment, Robert cultivates a great source of strength to accept his own ugliness, to deal with the barriers that always separate Robert from others.

From a very young age, Robert always tried to actively study and take care of himself so that people do not have to struggle. He saw that the whole family talked about something about him, he was very happy and innocently thanked everyone who loved him. Robert often watched his brothers and sisters play through the windows, quietly helping his mother pick up vegetables while she was away. He stayed in his room alone, never crying or nagging his mother.

When Robert was 10 years old, his parents spoke openly, honestly about their feelings when Robert was born. Although he knew that at first his parents were reluctant to bring him home, Robert said he did not feel hurt but was happy that his parents were frank with him. Robert believes that the family has brought the best things with love and sincere care.

Appearance doesn’t determine life

After years of struggling with surgeries, painful and endless, when he was most tired, he came back to himself. When Robert was 14 years old, he didn’t want to change any more. After going through 24 surgeries in his life, Robert Hoge decided to stop, he wanted to accept himself, he didn’t want to go through the pain to hide his defects. “I think it’s not worth risking my life just for the sake of getting into the crowd. The difference in appearance is not as important as how you live, ”said Robert.

Whispering words or stares did not discourage Robert, on the contrary, he tried to find more opportunities to interact with people. Robert is the first in his family to go to college, hoping that he will get a good job, regardless of his family in the future. After graduating from school, Robert began writing and publishing books about his own life experiences to inspire and energize others.

Barriers to appearance have never rolled Robert up in life.

Since deciding to live with himself, Robert has removed his veil and come into contact with the plants. He went to the garden, met his neighbors. He bravely did many useful things for the community. When someone panicked when he met him, Robert softly apologized and lowered his head. Every day passed like that, when everyone got used to the deformed face, he was able to raise his head high and see the world around him without fear of making people afraid.

A feeling of happiness crept through each cell, something that he had never experienced such a free, happy feeling before. Maybe for you it is very normal, but for Robert, through the ten spring and summer, the experience was as great as all of his life.

Time passes by, the boy Robert is now grown up. Whenever he had the opportunity to talk to everyone, he was very cheerful, friendly, and his way of sharing was humorous and profound. Everyone turned from fear to compassion, watching his face reappear so much emotional loss and experiencing so much physical pain.

When he turned 30, Robert married a woman named Kate, an ordinary girl who loves a man because of her extraordinary talent and energy. Currently, Robert lives with his wife and two daughters in Wynnum, a beautiful suburb on the shores of Moreton Bay, Australia.

Robert Hoge has also spent time writing, becoming a speaker who delivers a positive message to everyone, even serving as a political advisor to the former Governor and Deputy Governor of Queensland. He wrote “Ugly” (Ugly), released in 2013, detailing his own journey, his different experiences of overcoming difficulties in life.

Robert is now 47 years old, he continues his meaningful path. Today, he has become a famous speaker around the world. Over the years, he realized that the surgeries weren’t helping him, instead it was the joy in his mind, what he could do for everyone was the best thing.