Liver cancer patient switched at birth in critical condition as he waits on appeal against compensation ruling
- Yao Ce made headlines last year when he found out staff at a hospital in China’s Henan province had ‘accidentally’ given his parents the wrong baby 28 years ago
- Last month Yao and his family lodged an appeal against the amount the court awarded in compensation, which was far less than claimed
Advanced liver cancer patient Yao Ce, who made headlines last year when he discovered he had been switched at birth 28 years ago following his non-biological mother’s attempt to donate part of her liver to save his life, is in a dangerously critical condition undergoing emergency treatment in hospital.
Yao, from eastern China’s Jiangxi province, was admitted to the Beihai People’s Hospital in Guangxi, an autonomous region in southern China, on Sunday when he began vomiting a large quantity of blood.
The hospital – where he is undergoing treatment for liver cancer – issued a statement saying Yao’s disease had caused an upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage that could further complicate his condition.
“My heart has been aching for all the hardship Yao has encountered since his [cancer] diagnosis,” wrote Yao’s lawyer, Zhou Zhaocheng, on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service. “He’s been through so much. I’m really worried about him.”
Yao has battled both health and legal issues in recent years as he sought compensation after discovering in April last year that he had been switched at birth almost three decades ago.
