PEOPLE shy away from the thought of donating the skin of a loved one who has died. Consequently, there were only two donors to the National Skin Bank last year.

One was a three-month-old boy, Ryan Wong, who died from complications following surgery for a cleft lip.

His parents, Mr Norman Wong, 47, and his wife Juliet, 38, donated his skin, as his other organs were too small to be viable.

Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.