The health of a critically unwell baby who was abandoned by his Australian parents in Thailand has deteriorated, even as Australians donated more than $50,000 for his medical treatment.
Six-month old Gammy was rushed to a hospital with a lung infection by his 21-year-old Thai surrogate mother Pattharamon Janbua, who fears he will die unless he undergoes surgery for a congenital heart condition.
Gammy, who has Down Syndrome, was treated by doctors and taken back to Ms Pattharamon’s village in Thailand’s Chonburi province, where they live with Ms Pattharamon’s husband and two children aged six and three.
Ms Pattharamon is believed to be unaware of the huge outpouring of generosity by Australians after Fairfax Media revealed an anonymous Australian couple took Gammy’s healthy twin sister to Australia but left Ms Pattharamon to try to save Gammy’s life.