JOHOR BARU: The family of an organ donor here is praying for the recovery of mechanical-heart girl Tee Hui Yi.
The motorcycle shop owner, Chin Pak Siong, 49, said he was pleased that his son’s heart had been available to save Tee following her body’s rejection of the first heart from a 15-year-old Malay boy who had died in a road accident in Ipoh.
“I strongly believe that my son’s heart is compatible with the girl. He was a good boy and in excellent health.
“He did not smoke and drink,” said the father in a telephone interview yesterday.
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Last farewell: Parents of second donor Chin Yoon Keong looking at their son during the wake in Johor Baru Friday.
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He said the family would be praying hard for Tee’s recovery.
“I hope she can live on, happy and healthy,” he said.
The 20-year-old donor, Yoon Keong, a mechanic, was declared brain dead at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital here after a road accident.
His family then donated his heart, liver and kidneys to save more lives.
Yoon Keong was the eldest among three siblings.
His body would be cremated today.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported from Ipoh that the father of the 15-year-old heart donor has himself decided to donate his organs.
“I am ready to sign the papers to donate my organs upon my death,” he said.
He believes that it is more meaningful to donate his organs to those who need them.
The man, an employee at a madrasah (Quran school) in Sitiawan, said that his friends at the Perak Islamic Religious Department (Jaip) had told him that “donating organs is the same as donating blood and whoever does it is making a huge sacrifice because not everybody can do this”.
This article was originally published in theStar Online.
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