Sad but its true, Tee Hui Yi has passed on

 

From the moment she underwent her first heart transplant in October 2007, I have been following her progress from the various news sources and found her to a girl with real true grit, to live.  With her constant pictures appearing in the press and reading so much about her, Hui Yi had somewhat grew on me.

Regretably, she passed away yesterday at the Batu Pahat Hospital.  She was 19.

R.I.P. Hui Yi.

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Miracle heart transplant girl Tee Hui Yi, who survived two transplant surgeries, passed away Tuesday at the Batu Pahat hospital. She was 19.

Tee was rushed to the hospital after complaining of chest pains around 10am, but doctors pronounced her dead half an hour after arrival.

Tee's father, Ah Soon, 57, said doctors did not inform the family on her actual cause of death.

"She was fine but complained of body aches last night.

"She vomited several times (in the morning) before her body went weak and she stopped moving," said Ah Soo, adding that he tried to resuscitate Tee but to no avail.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor visits Tee Hui Yi at National Heart Institute (IJN), Kuala Lumpur.Tee stopped schooling after Year Four when her health deteriorated. She was supported by a mechanical heart while waiting for a heart transplant.

She underwent her first heart transplant at the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 4, 2007, but her body rejected the organ.

Hui Yi then underwent a successful operation the next day. She was discharged from IJN on Dec 22 after spending 15 months in the hospital.

Tee's body is currently placed at a Chinese funeral parlor along Jalan Fatimah here for prayers and the funeral will take place on Thursday.


- The Star