Baby Tory needs HELP..

The other day someone forwarded an email to me. She knows that I'm usually quite "serious" about such forwarded emails - those that ask for "help", so she mentioned that this particular email could be genuine. Found out that the baby mentioned in the email was born in April this year with multiple heart problems. He's from Batam. Seems that his case was highlighted in the New Paper some time in May.

This is baby Tory when he was staying at KKH a couple of months back.

Called the mobile number given in the email & spoke to the baby's uncle - Mr Ong. Tory is his wife's nephew. They are Indonesians but Mr Ong is a Singaporean. He wanted to use his medisave for Tory's medical bills but hospital rejected his application citing "relationship too distant" as the reason. Social welfare is also unable to help as baby is non-Sngaporean.

Tory has a hole in his heart + 2 main blood vessels in his heart are "messed up". This round, they have incurred more than S$55,000 in medical/hospitalization bills. His condition is stabilized for now so he's been discharged. The family has gone back to Batam as costs of living is cheaper. When baby is stronger for his operation, they'll need to send him in for a major heart surgery which will cost them more money, something which his parents can ill-afford. That's why they are trying to rally help from the public.

Those who wish to help them can contact Mr Ong directly. If you are worried that your contribution will be misused, I believe you can issue your cheques directly to KKH. Please verify all information you need with Mr Ong directly. You can help this family in every small way possible. I'm sure they'll be very thankful.