Families of two babies seek help for surgery
KUALA LUMPUR: Chua Ei Hsuan and Tan Yew Lo had always wanted children.
For more than a decade, they have been trying to have a child. Last year, Chua became pregnant and the couple’s joy knew no bounds.
On Jan 16, their son, Tan Zheng Xuan, was born and the couple were ecstatic. Their happiness, however, was just for a few minutes when they found their boy had a heart problem.
Zheng Xuan was diagnosed with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, a rare congenital malformation in which all four pulmonary veins are not connected normally to the left atrium of the lungs.
Chua said the surgery cost of RM60,000 was too high for the couple as her husband earned only RM600 a month as a coffee shop assistant in Sabak Bernam, Selangor.
Chua and Tan are appealing to the generosity of Malaysians to help them save Zheng Xuan.
Meanwhile, Joy Supang Barok and Japlee Pangiran are also seeking donations as their newborn son has been diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries.
Twenty-five-day-old Terrence Hazekiel Japlee requires immediate surgery.
Terrence, the fifth and youngest of four siblings, has only three months to live.
“The cost of the surgery is RM60,000 and we do not have the money to pay the hospital bills,” said Joy, 37.
Those who wish to contribute can send cheques made payable to the Media Prima-NSTP Humanitarian Fund, with the patient’s name written at the back of the cheque and addressed to: Group Corporate Communications Department, Media Prima Bhd, Level 1, Anjung Riong, Balai Berita, 31, Jalan Riong, 59100 Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.
The public can also deposit their contributions to Maybank current account number 51410532-3170 and indicate the patient’s name on the recipient’s reference or other payment details fields.