‘Thank you, little angel’: kidney donation from deceased newborn in Shanghai gives two families hope for their sick babies


An infant who died from sudden illness will provide hope for the babies of two families she saved with her kidney donations.

Nicknamed “Yiyi”, the baby girl was born in Shanghai on February 10 but suddenly became very ill on March 4, only 22 days after her birth. She was not eating and experiencing body temperature fluctuations.

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