According to information spread on social networks, at about 11 am on May 10, security cameras at Dong Pagoda (Ham Hy village, Lac Phuong commune, Hai Phong city) recorded images of a yellow license plate car carrying an old man to the pagoda gate. According to images from the camera, two people brought the old man into the pagoda grounds, leaving some personal belongings, milk and a piece of paper and then leaving.
The piece of paper is said to be left by a relative, with the content: "I have mental health problems and leg pain. Please take care of me, monk. Sincerely thank you, monk.
After discovering the incident, the abbot of Dong Pagoda fed the old man porridge and temporarily took care of him. However, due to his poor health, he could not walk on his own, while the pagoda did not have enough conditions to take care of him for a long time, so the information was quickly shared and received great attention from the community.
On the morning of May 12, in an exchange with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, a representative of Lac Phuong Commune People's Committee said that the family had come to pick up the old man to return home.
In this case, the family has already picked him up, generally there is no problem at all. There is a family, there is a clear subject. Everything has been agreed upon" - the representative of the Commune People's Committee informed.
Before the public's reaction to the act of taking the elderly to the pagoda and then leaving, local representatives said that the family had "private suffering", and affirmed that the act of bringing the old man back was carried out after the government worked with the related parties.
According to a representative of the People's Committee of Lac Phuong commune, the old man himself also wished for that and this was agreed upon by the family.
Although the matter has been resolved, the image of an elderly man being brought to the pagoda in poor health still makes many people feel sorry, and at the same time raises many thoughts about the responsibility of caring for elderly relatives in each family.
