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Chinese couple given special permission to have second child - because baby could save son's life
Wang Caisen's parents were given special permission to have a baby girl despite China's strict one-child policy
A Chinese couple have been allowed to have a second child - because their newborn could save her older brother’s life.
When Wang Caisen was diagnosed with leukaemia two years ago aged four, his parents were told he would die without a stem cell transplant.
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But despite his father Wang Jiyong and mother Liu Chunping searching for a suitable donor - including testing themselves and their relatives - none of them were a good enough match to help the terminally ill child.
After learning that a brother or sister would be a possible donor, his parents decided to have a second baby in order to potentially save their son’s life.
With China's tough one child policy in place, his parents had to apply for special permission to have a second baby - and their desperate appeal was granted.
Caisen’s family were further delighted when doctors told them that their new baby daughter Wang Fanyin was a suitable match.
Doctors managed to save samples from the baby girl's placenta and umbilical cord, which will be used to give life-saving treatment to her now six-year-old brother.
Caisen, although only six-years-old, is well aware that his illness is life-threatening.
After being told that his newborn sister could be his salvation he said: 'I am happy that I will now live longer, and plan to dedicate all my life to making sure my sister who has saved mine is happy.'
Spokesperson for the hospital Wu Chang said medics had backed the parents in their desire to have a second child, adding: 'Extracting stem cells was relatively risk-free and painless for both mother and newborn, and offered life to the existing son as the operation has an extremely high success rate.'
The operation is now scheduled to take place later this month.
