Description
Name: Cheah Pin Yan
Gender: Male
Situation:
Cheah Pin Yan, 78 and his 75-year-old wife live together but both are unable to move freely and can only spend the day watching TV at home. Furthermore, Mr Cheah suffers from asthma, and brain damage, he needs to open up his drooping eyelids with his hand constantly. He needs to take medication regularly.
He has two daughters, but their income is very small and they have their own families to take care of. Cheah Mei Ling, his daughter was also under Great Heart’s monthly support program previously. Currently, they are paying for their expenses with their daughters’ help. Every morning, the couple takes porridge with canned food while at night the catered food for one person is enough for the two of them.
How We Helped:
Mr. Cheah needs to spend about RM200-RM400 a month on his medication. Great Heart Charity is helping with the medical expenses to ease their financial burden as his daughter Cheah Mei Ling is due for surgery to remove an intestinal tumor and needs to pay her medical expenses too.