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Step-dad opens wallet, real dad closes heart

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-04-16 09:28

A 14-year-old girl who suffers from leukemia, is getting plenty of financial help from her stepfather, who borrowed money against his house to help pay for her medical treatment. But her biological father has refused to donate his bone marrow to her.

Quan Xinyu, a resident in Nanping district, Chongqing municipality, was diagnosed with leukemia last year and her stepfather Wang Weimin secured 100,000 yuan ($14,623) to help.

However, when the girl needed marrow from her real father, he said he was worried about the operation. Doctors are trying to convince him that it's not a risky operation to donate and he could potentially save the girl's life.

(Chongqing Commercial Daily)