Thursday, 26 February 2015

Heartbreaking moment parents said farewell to their 15-month-old son as doctors turned off his life support after holiday car crash

Huang Yun and Liu Pingfen comfort each other as they say farewell at the bedside of their injured 15-month-old son Huang Zihan  
Wrapped in each others' arms for comfort, these are the heartbroken parents saying farewell to their young son whose organs will save the lives of others in China.
Parents Huang Yun and Liu Pingfen gathered at the bedside of their 15-month-old toddler Huang Zihan after he was injured in a car crash as they drove back from holiday.

The grief-stricken couple had a tearful final meeting with their son at the West China Hospital of Sichuan University in Chengdu before he died.
Doctors in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University bow their heads as they hold a mourning ritual for the boy after his life support ends Zihan's parents had to make the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support after there was nothing more doctors could do 
But while driving back from the outing, the vehicle they were travelling in overturned into a 10-metre deep river valley when they were passing a bridge.
Toddler Zihan was severely injured and was declared brain dead on arrival in hospital.

But while driving back from the outing, the vehicle they were travelling in overturned into a 10-metre deep river valley when they were passing a bridge.
Toddler Zihan was severely injured and was declared brain dead on arrival in hospital.

Organ donations are not widespread as many Chinese believe they will be reincarnated after death and therefore feel the need to keep a complete body.
But the country has introduced a new donation system where around 1,500 people donated organs in 2014, more than the total for the previous four years.
An estimated 300,000 patients are put on a waiting list every year in China for organ transplants but only around one in 30 will ultimately receive a new organ.

After agreeing to allow their son's organs to be donated, they then learned that his liver had already saved the life of another child in need of a transplant 
Mrs Liu reaches out to stroke her sons cheek as he lies in his hospital bed. The toddler was injured in a car crash as they drove back from holiday and declared brain dead 

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