Taiwanese terminal cancer patient hopes to live long enough to vote

Terminal cancer patient hopes to make it to election day, urges Taiwanese to vote

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/01/10
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Terminal cancer patient. (Mimi Liu Facebook screenshots)\

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Video surfaced this week showing a terminally ill cancer patient given just days to live expressing his hope that he can live long enough to cast a vote on Saturday (Jan. 11) and calling on viewers to follow his lead and head to the polls.

On Wednesday (Jan. 8), Facebook user Mimi Liu uploaded a video showing a terminally ill cancer patient giving an update of his status. He said that he was told by the doctor that 96 percent of his body is covered with cancer cells, he is in the terminal stages of Leukemia, and only has a few days to live.

The young man said that because all hope was lost, he had checked out of the hospital. However, after leaving the hospital, he found that his fever had subsided.

In the video, he said that his present his blood oxygen level was normal. He said that his goal now is to make it to election day and cast a vote.    [FULL  STORY]

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