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‘I’m so scared’: parents of dying Hong Kong girl, 13, pray for organ ‘miracle’

South China Morning Post

July 3, 2026

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‘I’m so scared’: parents of dying Hong Kong girl, 13, pray for organ ‘miracle’

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The parents of a 13-year-old Hong Kong girl critically in need of a new heart and lungs have appealed to the public in hopes of a “miracle”, with the girl fearing she “won’t be able to go home”. In a letter published on Friday, Ching Ching’s parents called on families who have recently lost loved ones to consider donating the needed organs to their daughter,...

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