Donations for Singaporean toddler unable to eat exceed RM3.48mil

Two-year-old Yujia, seen here with her mother, Jamie Chua, was born with oesophageal atresia and has to be fed through a tube. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: Last June, Jamie Chua and her husband Xie Wenlong embarked on a bid to raise S$2mil (RM5.mil) to fund treatment for their daughter's rare birth defect.

Two-year-old Xie Yujia was born with oesophageal atresia, which affects about one in 2,500 babies.