Seven-year-old gets new lease of life after mum donates kidney to her

Hannah Phoa's mother Leong Wei Yee said it was an automatic decision to donate one of her kidneys to her child. ST PHOTO: EUGENE TAN
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SINGAPORE – Seven-year-old Hannah Phoa was put on dialysis when she was just 10 days old.

A rare disorder detected shortly after she was born signalled the imminence of kidney failure.

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