Nurul Najwa Ahmad Kamalsari (left) and Muhammad Shukri Hashim need to undergo surgeries to correct their heart defects at the Gleneagles Medical Centre in Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: The families of two babies are appealing for donations to enable them to undergo surgeries to correct their heart defects.
Fourteen-day-old Nurul Najwa Ahmad Kamalsari suffers from a complex heart disease and needs urgent surgery to correct the problem.
The estimated cost of the surgery is RM45,000 to RM48,000.
The estimated cost of the surgery is RM45,000 to RM48,000.
Her father, Ahmad Kamalsari Abdul Jamal, 38, is a factory operator in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, earning RM850 monthly, while her mother, Julia Abd Rani, 36, is a housewife.
The family has two other children, aged 7 and 9.
Meanwhile, 50-day-old Muham-mad Shukri Hashim has multiple heart defects and is unable to gain weight. He also suffers from Down's Syndrome.
Meanwhile, 50-day-old Muham-mad Shukri Hashim has multiple heart defects and is unable to gain weight. He also suffers from Down's Syndrome.
Shukri needs to repair all the heart defects through a surgery, estimated to cost RM38,000 to RM40,000.
His father, Hashim Mohd Nor, 40, works as a store assistant in a factory in Bayan Lepas, Penang, earning RM1,340 monthly, while his mother Siti Hajar Ibrahim, 37, is a factory operator in Kulim, Kedah, earning RM1,190 a month.
The couple have two other children, aged 2 and 4.
Those who wish to help can send cheques, made payable to the New Straits Times (M) Bhd, with the names of the children written on the back to: The Cashier, Finance Department/Charity Unit, The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd, Balai Berita, No. 31, Jalan Riong, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
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