Case No: 501
A Case of Public Funding:
Bone cancer chemotherapy and medication fee of RM77,500.00 for life saving!
“Everyone please save the life of a 16-year-old girl Ng Kah Yee immediately”
Ng Kah Yee is a Form 5 student in a secondary school. She suddenly developed bone cancer this year. Upon admission, she was informed that it was the fourth stage, and the fourth rib on the left chest had a tumor.
Due to the rapid deterioration of her condition, the 16-year-old Ng Kah Yee cannot wait any longer. She had already received the first round of chemotherapy and there are currently two courses of treatment that must be done.
The difficulty now is that her family is no longer able to cope with the medical expenses of chemotherapy, nor can she meet the payment of medical expenses owed to Pantai Hospital.
Life is precious and cannot be given up easily. Although the process of chemotherapy is painful for Ng Kah Yee, it still has to be done. During the visit, Ng Kah Yee was seen crying and telling her mother that she would like to go home.
The hearts of her parents are broken, this is their only daughter, a singleton, her parents cannot afford to lose her!
"My daughter has already done the first course of chemotherapy, the medical cost is more than RM 30,000 and using her medical card to pay the bill."
Unexpectedly, after the process of the first round of chemotherapy, Ng Kah Yee was again, urgently admitted to the hospital, and she is still in the bed at Pantai Hospital today which has been admitted for 10 days. If the condition is stable and she is discharged from the hospital, this time, her medical fee is RM57,438.47, which is not a small amount.
Her father Mr. Ng Tian Jin has paid some of the amount, which includes using Ng Kah Yee’s medical card to pay and borrowed money from others as well. The amount of this medical card (RM50,000) has been reimbursed. (The payment via medical card was more than RM30,000 during the first round of chemotherapy)
Mr. Ng Tian Jin is now feeling miserable, because of the medical expenditure due to his daughter's emergency admission (rescue breathing and drip) is RM57,438.47 and still owes about RM27,000.
The doctor allowed Ng Kah Yee to be discharged first before arranging the next 2 chemotherapy sessions. However, in order to be discharged, Ng Kah Yee must be equipped with a removable ventilator. This ventilator requires RM18,500.
Mr. Ng Tian Jin has to pay all the medical expenses and also buy a ventilator for his daughter. He has no ability and hopes that the enthusiastic people in the community will lend him a helping hand.
After Ng Kah Yee was discharged from the hospital this time, there will be two more courses of chemotherapy remaining. A course of treatment costs RM16,000 (RM32,000 for two courses). After the course, if the daughter cannot be discharged immediately, the medical expenses will continue to increase too.
Previously, Mr. Ng Tian Jin was in the business of building materials machinery. Due to the economic downturn in recent years, the business has been hit hard. In order to have cash flow, he sold off all the property that can be sold.
Currently, he can only work as a mechanical sales agent at a friend's company. The income is unstable and there is no stable salary as it is solely depended on sales commission.
He also has to pay RM600 for his rental, RM150 for water and electricity utilities, and RM200 for food. Mr. Choy’s wife is not in good health condition too. She has high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high cholesterol level as well as heart problems. She needs to consult a doctor too.
They still have another big worry now, because the landlord intends to sell the house, and once there is a buyer, the whole family of Mr. Choy will have to move out from the house. Mr. Choy Cheok Kee entrusted and appointed the Daai Community Public Funding Platform to launch a one-year public funding for him, and authorized Daai to collect funds from all over the country.
The elderly man, Mr. Choy’s monthly expenditure budget is RM2910. Details are as follows:
RM1800--------His son's needs dialysis average 12 times, each time RM150 (RM150X12)
RM160---------His son needs injections for dialysis process, averagely two times of injections (RM80X2)
RM600 ---------- Rental
RM150 -------- Water, electricity utilities
RM200 -------- Food expenses
The expenditure budget for 1 year is RM34,920 (RM2910 X 12)
We call upon enthusiastic people of the community to donate to Mr. Choy, and everyone will be able to lend a helping hand to save his son and this unfortunate family. Thank you very much.
