KUALA LUMPUR: The double transplant case of 14-year-old Tee Hui Yi had the Gerakan Youth delegates and VIPs engrossed yesterday.
Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said a heart transplant was more dramatic than blood donation, which was now a normal procedure.
“When blood is being transfused into one’s body, no one would ask whether this is blood from a Chinese or Malay. To all of us, it is just human blood,” he said, adding that Malaysians should be grateful for the advances.
“There are many things we have taken for granted.
“Mutual help and inter-marriages, it is happening in this country,” he said.
Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the noble deed of a Malay boy’s family donating his heart to Hui Yi transcended race and religion.
“It is so special and touching. In a time when there are issues relating to racial and religious divisions.
“The act has given us hope. This is exactly what Barisan Nasional tries to do. We need to highlight more such stories,” said Hishammuddin at the opening of Gerakan Youth and Wanita delegates' conferences at Menara PGRM yesterday.
Both Hishammuddin and Dr Koh have pledged their organs.
Hishammuddin pledged eight years ago and Dr Koh 10 years ago.
During the Youth debate, a delegate also talked about Hui Yi's case.
Perak Youth delegate Cheah Chee Kuan, from Sungai Siput, said Hui Yi got a heart from a Malay boy because “we are all Malaysians.”
“Do we have hatred towards our friends of other races?
“The answer is no!” said Cheah.
This article was originally published in theStar Online.
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