Two in need of help

GEORGE TOWN: Two children are in dire need of financial aid to undergo operations to treat their heart conditions which make them tire easily. Two-year-old Hasbul Hadi Zulkifli and 9-month-old Teh Qiao Yan both have hole-in-the-heart conditions.

Hasbul Hadi's heart also has a leaking valve, while Teh's blood vessels to his lungs are too narrow, which causes spells of "cyanosis" when she turns blue.

Hasbul Hadi's parents need RM35,000 to undergo the operations at the Gleneagles Medical Centre but his mechanic father Zulkifli Hamad, 33, only earns RM1,200 a month.

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Two in need of help

His mother Siti Hasnah Bahrom, 26, is a housewife.

The family from Pendang, Kedah, has another child aged five.

Teh's family, from Bukit Mertajam, can only pay RM3,000 for the operation at the same hospital which is estimated to cost about RM28,000.

As the cyanotic spells are becoming more frequent, Teh needs to undergo the operation as soon as possible.

Her father, Teh Soon Lim, 34, is an odd job worker who earns RM1,500 a month while her mother Eiw Swee Chin, 30, is a housewife.

They have another child aged three.

To help them, send cheques payable to New Straits Times with the child's name written on the reverse side, to The Cashier, Finance Department/Charity Unit, The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd, Balai Berita, No. 31, Jalan Riong, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.

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