Silver lining amid coronavirus pandemic: sick girl, four, at home for Christmas and New Year for the first time

Coronavirus has kept many loved ones apart this holiday season, but it has brought four-year-old Yu-yan closer to her family. Diagnosed with a rare condition at just two months old, she has spent most of her life in a public hospital ward in Hong Kong. This was the first time she was able to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve at home.Yu-yan has biliary atresia, a blockage in the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the gall bladder which prevents the body eliminating it effectively. This…

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