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Parents face agonising wait for heart donor as 13-month-old son’s life hangs in the balance

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A Hong Kong couple face a heartbreaking wait to see if a second son dies of a rare genetic disorder. The parents of 13-month-old Hui Chi-hoi, lost their first child in 2016 at seven months old to restrictive cardiomyopathy, or RCM, which affects the heart. Now, with time running out, baby Chi-hoi’s only chance lies in finding a suitable donor so he can undergo a heart transplant. The toddler, whose conditioned worsened last month when he caught a cold, is now living on an artificial...

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