Compiled by C. ARUNO,NAN HIDAYAT NAN AZMIE and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MOTHER’S plan to donate part of her liver to her child could not proceed due to major health risks.
Kosmo! reported that her son, Nor Farrel Iman Muhamad Fahmin, aged two, was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a condition involving liver failure, after being born on March 9, 2024.
The boy’s father, Muhamad Fahmin Hashim, 36, said his wife, Amirah Selgi, 33, was willing to become a liver donor, but assessments showed she faced up to a 70% risk of health complications.
The child was once treated for 40 days at Hospital Kulim before being referred to Hospital Pulau Pinang (HPP).
“From April until Dec 25, we travelled back and forth to HPP as Farrel required close monitoring,” he said.
The couple is now seeking to get their son treated at a hospital in Shanghai, China, which is estimated to cost RM200,000.
“As parents, we want to see Farrel grow up like other children. We appeal for prayers and support from everyone,” he said.
> A man’s dream of joining the armed forces was crushed in an instant after he was seriously injured in a road accident that resulted in his right leg being amputated 10 years ago, Kosmo! Online reported.
The ordeal did not break the spirit of Rizuan Azman Iskandar, 28, who rebuilt his life by starting a barbershop in Kg Beletik, Lipis, Pahang.
The eldest of six siblings, Rizuan said the tragic incident occurred in April 2016, just a week after he attended an interview session to join the army in Temerloh.
“I skidded while riding my motorcycle alone, causing severe injuries to my right leg.
“My leg had to be amputated to save my life,” he said.
Rizuan shared that although he passed the interview, he was unable to pursue his ambition.
During the movement control order, he opened a small barbershop in front of his home using his own savings. He later received about RM50,000 in aid.
“I used to cut hair in front of my house, and now I have my own shop,” he said.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
