Chinese aunt donates skin, shaves head to save seriously injured niece and nephew

Extensive injuries require immediate surgery. (Representative picture)

A heartwarming story happened in China: Four women shaved their heads and donated their skin to save two children injured in a fire. The two children are reportedly the nephews and nieces of the four women. South China Morning Post (SCMP). The media further stated that on February 20, a fire broke out in a house in Shandong Province, eastern China. A six-year-old girl, nicknamed Koko, and four-year-old Dandan were seriously injured in the incident.

Their mother was identified as Min South China Morning Post, She was devastated, but her four sisters insisted on donating their skin to save the children.

The cause of the fire is not yet clear, but Min Tell South China Morning Post It may have happened after she turned on the air conditioner in the children’s room.

The boy and girl were in a coma for five days and suffered serious injuries, including respiratory burns, carbon monoxide poisoning and organ failure.

The couple rushed the children to Beijing, the capital, where doctors told them that due to extensive burns, skin grafting was required.

When Min told her family, they immediately offered to help and after testing, it was found that she and her four sisters were compatible skin donors.

The South China Morning Post quoted one of Min’s sisters as saying: “All five of us have shaved our heads. I never thought that one day I would shave my head, but I will do everything I can to save the children.”

Surgery was performed immediately and the child’s life was saved.

Photos of five women sitting on a bed with babies in their laps went viral on Chinese social media platforms.

“Wonder Woman,” one social media user commented, according to the South China Morning Post. Someone else said: “The cutest aunts in China in 2024.”