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Malaysia Heart Transplant Breaks Taboo on Organ Donation
October 09, 2007 at 8:31 PM
Organ Donation News
The ordeal of Tee Hui Yi, 14, who was kept alive with a mechanical heart for more than a year while she waited for a suitable donor, has captured the hearts of many in this multicultural country where racial tensions have been on the rise.
The National Transplant Resource Centre (NTRC) said the case had triggered a flood of donation pledges and enquiries in a remarkable turnaround after years of public education campaigns had made little headway.
Hui Yi's case was like "a tsunami that crushed the wall of resistance," NTRC chief transplant coordinator Dr Lela Yasmin Mansor was quoted as saying by the Star newspaper.
"I used to be disheartened but now, I can tell you I am very encouraged now," she said, as newspapers reported there had been six kidney donations in the last five days alone.
Hui Yi had to lug around a battery weighing nine kilogrammes (20 pounds) to power her mechanical heart while she waited for a transplant. The Muslim boy's heart was rejected but within days she received a second from an anonymous donor.
She is now recovering from last week's double surgery, which received days of front-page coverage in the Malaysian press.
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