Down syndrome girl's adoptive dad needs help with her medical expenses


MELAKA: A 58-year-old bachelor who adopted a Down syndrome child after her smile melted his heart when he visited her at Hospital Melaka is now appealing for help from the public.

The girl, now a teenager, has been diagnosed with thoracic scoliosis – sideways curvature of the middle, or thoracic, region of the spine – and he is finding it difficult to cope.

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