Life-saving cure out of boy's reach

Huang Weigao, a 14-year-old boy from Xianning in Hubei province, asked his parents to stop paying for his leukemia treatment at Beijing Union Medical College Hospital as the rural family had spent its last penny on his hospital bill.

"Daddy, don't borrow money for me I want to give up. Let's go home," he said.

The boy had been receiving chemotherapy since last September, but the family could no longer afford the 80,000 yuan ($11,700) needed for another round of treatment.