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Quote from The Star (5/5/2005)
Dad uses up savings for son
IPOH: An odd-job worker is at his wit’s end after having used up all his savings to pay for his son’s medical expenses.
Tai Mun Ching, 53, has paid some RM38,000 and has yet to settle a further RM72,000 for Theam Wei’s medical fees at a private hospital here.
Mun Ching, from Taman Changkat Mewah in Batu Gajah, said Theam Wei, 16, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near Pengkalan while riding pillion on March 13.
“He broke his jaw and right leg and suffered injuries to his brain in a collision with a car that day,” he told a press conference organised by Perak MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau chief Datuk Lee Kon Yin.

The Form Five student was sent to Ipoh Hospital but was later moved to a private hospital for further treatment, said Mun Ching who is the sole breadwinner of his family.
“He is still in the intensive care unit. He does not seem to respond to us when we talk to him.
“Once his condition stabilises, I will move him to Ipoh Hospital.”
Lee, who was present at the press briefing, said he hoped the public could come forward to help and that the private hospital could reduce the fees.
He said those interested in helping could send cheques to the bureau at No. 90-92, Tingkat Satu, Jalan Sultan Idris Shah, 31000 Ipoh. The back of each cheque must bear the words “Tai Theam Wei”.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/5/5/nation/10864904&sec=nation