Her daughter Song Shurui, 17, has leukaemia and had a bone-marrow transplant in December, the Chengdu Commercial Daily reported. However, Song got a severe lung infection after the surgery, giving her a fever and putting her life in danger. “I just didn’t believe my daughter would die and wanted to try everything with my last strength,” she said. Doctors said the drug Cidofovir, not sold on the Chinese mainland, could relieve Song’s acute symptoms, according to the article. Her mother told the newspaper: “I really wanted to bow to everyone who helped me buy the drug.

Source: The Star March 07, 2018 05:48 UTC