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| Mother in China sells hugs to strangers to raise money for daughter's medical treatment for leukaemia | Mother in China sells hugs to strangers to raise money for daughter's medical treatment for leukaemia |
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| A mother in China is “selling hugs” for £1 to raise money for medical treatment for her four-year-old daughter who has leukaemia. | A mother in China is “selling hugs” for £1 to raise money for medical treatment for her four-year-old daughter who has leukaemia. |
| Chen Dejuan, 28, was pictured standing outside a subway station in Chongqing, south west China, with her daughter Nana on Friday and Saturday, according to the South China Morning Post. | Chen Dejuan, 28, was pictured standing outside a subway station in Chongqing, south west China, with her daughter Nana on Friday and Saturday, according to the South China Morning Post. |
| She was holding a sign which read: “Selling hugs, 10 yuan each”. | She was holding a sign which read: “Selling hugs, 10 yuan each”. |
| It is reported that Dejuan showed her identity card and her daughter’s medical records to those passers-by who stopped in a bid to convince them she was telling the truth. | It is reported that Dejuan showed her identity card and her daughter’s medical records to those passers-by who stopped in a bid to convince them she was telling the truth. |
| Photos from local media show Nana sat on the floor beside her mother, wearing a respiratory mask and nearly bald. | Photos from local media show Nana sat on the floor beside her mother, wearing a respiratory mask and nearly bald. |
| Dejuan, who is from Guangdong, and her husband were working in Shandong province in May when they found out the girl had leukaemia after she did not recover from a fall. | Dejuan, who is from Guangdong, and her husband were working in Shandong province in May when they found out the girl had leukaemia after she did not recover from a fall. |
| They spent 70,000 yuan - which included all their savings and money borrowed from friends and relatives - on medical treatment over the past few months, it is understood. | They spent 70,000 yuan - which included all their savings and money borrowed from friends and relatives - on medical treatment over the past few months, it is understood. |
| Dejuan earned more than 600 yuan in just over an hour on her first day of selling hugs to strangers. | Dejuan earned more than 600 yuan in just over an hour on her first day of selling hugs to strangers. |
| Additional donations have been made by people who have read about the family's situation online. | Additional donations have been made by people who have read about the family's situation online. |