KUALA LUMPUR: Tee Hui Yi’s father was not aware that his daughter underwent the second heart transplant.
Tee Ah Soon, 51, said he and his wife were relieved when the first operation was conducted, but claimed that he learnt about the second surgery from reporters.
When verified, National Heart Institute (IJN) Heart and Lung Transplant Unit clinical director Dr Mohamed Ezani Md Taib said that since they had to make a quick decision about the second, Hui Yi’s mother who was present at IJN gave her consent.
He said that since the father was in Batu Pahat, they told Hui Yi’s mother to inform her husband of the situation.
“I assume she had informed him,” he said, adding that maybe due to her anxiety she had forgotten.
Tee, however, said that as long as his daughter was fine, it did not matter that he was not told about the second transplant.
“It does not matter whether it's the first or second heart transplant, as long as she is okay,” he said after reporters chased after him on his way out to the IJN car park.
“I am sure the doctors know what they are doing,” he said.
His wife Dina Bato Sam Bua, 46, quickly ran back into the IJN building upon seeing approaching reporters.
Earlier, Tee said he last saw his daughter on Thursday afternoon after the first transplant.
“We are waiting for the doctors to alert us, when we will be able to see Hui Yi again. I hope she gets through this ordeal and will be able to live like any other normal person,” he said.
This article was originally published in theStar Online.
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