A distraught mother has been forced to make a heart-breaking decision over which of her desperately ill sons should receive her kidney.
Lian Ronghua was pictured in tears as she prepared to go into the operating theatre, after choosing the younger son, Li Haisong, 24.
Aspiring doctor Li Haiqing, 26, sacrificed his own health by urging his mother to save his sibling according to a report in The People’s Daily Online, saying: 'We will save little brother first.'
The transplant operation cost the family several thousand yuan, and the men’s father Li Xiukai said they might not be able to afford a second operation if a suitable donor is found for Haiqing.
Both men, from Quanzhou City in the Fujian Province of China, suffered from uremia – a condition that gradually leads to kidney failure – with a kidney transplant offering the only hope of a cure.
The entire family moved to Xiamen last year so that Haiqing could receive dialysis treatment on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while Haisong underwent the same procedure on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Tests revealed that their 51-year-old mother was a suitable kidney donor for both brothers, but could only donate one organ. Their father was ruled out because of his high blood pressure.
The family reportedly argued repeatedly over the impossible choice of who should receive the organ, with each of the two siblings insisting that the other one receive it.
They took a vote and chose the younger brother.
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As Lian Ronghua wept before the operation, The People’s Daily reported that she said: ‘I only have one kidney and I can only save one son.
‘No matter who I give it to it’s unfair.’
Haiqing – an aspiring doctor at Sichuan North University Medical School who was forced to abandon his studies when he became unwell – said: ‘Don’t cry. We have already agreed, we will save Haisong first.
‘He is a graduate, he can find a good job easier.’
Doctors spent eight hours carrying out the transplant, and Haiqing and his father waited at the hospital for the duration.
Before returning to Xiamen for his own dialysis treatment, Haiqing said: ‘It’s ok. We just need to wait for another kidney.’
Lian Ronghua was pictured in tears as she prepared to go into the operating theatre, after choosing the younger son, Li Haisong, 24.
Aspiring doctor Li Haiqing, 26, sacrificed his own health by urging his mother to save his sibling according to a report in The People’s Daily Online, saying: 'We will save little brother first.'
The transplant operation cost the family several thousand yuan, and the men’s father Li Xiukai said they might not be able to afford a second operation if a suitable donor is found for Haiqing.
Both men, from Quanzhou City in the Fujian Province of China, suffered from uremia – a condition that gradually leads to kidney failure – with a kidney transplant offering the only hope of a cure.
The entire family moved to Xiamen last year so that Haiqing could receive dialysis treatment on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while Haisong underwent the same procedure on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Tests revealed that their 51-year-old mother was a suitable kidney donor for both brothers, but could only donate one organ. Their father was ruled out because of his high blood pressure.
The family reportedly argued repeatedly over the impossible choice of who should receive the organ, with each of the two siblings insisting that the other one receive it.
They took a vote and chose the younger brother.
As Lian Ronghua wept before the operation, The People’s Daily reported that she said: ‘I only have one kidney and I can only save one son.
‘No matter who I give it to it’s unfair.’
Haiqing – an aspiring doctor at Sichuan North University Medical School who was forced to abandon his studies when he became unwell – said: ‘Don’t cry. We have already agreed, we will save Haisong first.
‘He is a graduate, he can find a good job easier.’
Doctors spent eight hours carrying out the transplant, and Haiqing and his father waited at the hospital for the duration.
Before returning to Xiamen for his own dialysis treatment, Haiqing said: ‘It’s ok. We just need to wait for another kidney.’
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Source : DailyMail , Aixingy , People’s Daily
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