Anwar hands over donation to family of child due for surgery in China

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday (April 19) presented a donation to Nur Khayla Azzahra Mohamed Khairul Idhham who has been suffering from biliary atresia or damage to the liver since birth.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/hjFY7  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday said he made a donation to 20-month-old

00:07 biliary atresia patient Noor Khaila Azahra Mohammed Khairul Idham to help her family

00:13 cover their medical expenses.

00:15 His political secretary, Ahmad Farhan Fauzi, met with the family and presented the donation

00:20 on his behalf.

00:22 He wished the girl a successful surgery and speedy recovery.

00:25 The sum of the donation was not disclosed.

00:28 Since the girl's plight was highlighted in the media, the family has received donations

00:32 from the public.

00:33 Noor Khaila, from Melaka, was diagnosed with biliary atresia since birth.

00:39 Biliary atresia is a condition in infants in which the bile ducts outside and inside

00:44 the liver are scarred and blocked.

00:46 The girl's family said they need 250,000 ringgit to enable the girl to undergo corrective

00:52 surgery at a hospital in China.

00:55 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.au/donate.

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