Straight-A SPM student needs funds for 3rd heart surgery
Khoo Yeak Xuan, a straight-As student, has to undergo a critical procedure to implant a permanent pacemaker that costs approximately RM60,000. The 18-year-old is in hospital and urgently needs funds for a procedure to implant a permanent pacemaker that will prevent sudden heart failure.
Yeak Xuan suffers from a severe congenital heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot, which includes pulmonary artery stenosis (a narrowing of the pulmonary artery) and ventricular septal defect (a condition caused by a hole in the wall that separates the two ventricles of the heart).
It also includes aortic enlargement as well as right ventricular hypertrophy, the latter defined as an abnormal enlargement of the cardiac muscle surrounding the right ventricle.
Today, Yeak Xuan’s bright future hangs in the balance as he waits for funds for his surgery. Yeak Xuan and his family hail from Johor. His father, Khoo Keng Siong, is a technician in a factory, while his mother, Tan Bee Yan, is a homemaker.
Besides excelling in his studies, Yeak Xuan is a talented artist who has won numerous awards in art competitions. He is also a skilled chess player who, back in primary school, was selected as a role-model student.
Yeak Xuan himself voices his wish to “live peacefully and healthily”, adding: “I want to go back to school like a normal person and live life without being troubled by these illnesses. These would be enough for me.”
If you wish to contribute to help Yeak Xuan, kindly contact his case worker Yumi Hwang at 016-964 9766 or email yumidaai@gmail.com.
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