'I will give anything': Parents in China shave heads to donate skin for badly burned son

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The parents of a one-year-old boy badly burned in an accident have shaved their heads and donated scalp tissue for skin grafts their son urgently needs. The story of the boy, named Kangkang, and the plight of his family from Cangzhou, northern China’s Hebei province, has been picked up by mainland media and moved millions of people in China. On...

A mother and father shave their heads to donate skin from their scalps for their badly burnt son’s transplant surgery. Photo: SCMP composite

On Tuesday, the mother volunteered to donate her scalp tissue for her injured son and shaved off her long hair. On the night of July 30, a solar water heater pipe burst at the family’s home. Hot water spurted out and hit Kangkang, who suffered scald burns to 46 per cent of his body. He suffered burn shock and a serious infection afterwards.In mid-August, Kangkang was transferred more than 1,000km away to a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, central China.

 

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