The XII Batch: The Shoulder that Bears…

If you think you have face all kind of hardship in life, think again. Why? Because life to Mohamad Ridhuan Wong bin Abdullah, his wife; Nurul Ain Lam binti Abdullah, and his son; Chee Kok Wen (Mohd Ali) is something none of us would never think of.

Let’s play a ‘What If…’ game.

What if a news struck you that your son is having a perimembranous ventricular septal defect (jantung berlubang), and you need RM18000 to cover the operation to do something about that, exclusive of other needs to cater the medical attention service charged by IJN, estimated to total up to RM28000?

Well, some of us who are well-to-do would give no hoot about forking out that amount; as long as our child get to lead a healthy life.

But what if you are not well-to-do, and in fact, calling this kind of house your home?

Bedroom, washroom, toilet, kitchen, all you can think of in a common space. Some of us might even have, in their mind, that to have three person in such a confined space is unthinkable.

What if your source of income is solely the odd jobs you do, looking for junk that, only, might be able to cater your daily need?

That is exactly what you can found in Kuantan; heck, i don’t think this is the only case you can found in Malaysia. But yeah, to even think that there is such case of extreme poverty in the middle of well-to-do residential in the area of Taman Zurina, Jalan Seri Teruntum 96, Kuantan; the fact is downright astounding.

This is the son in need of help. The surgery is scheduled on this August.