Non-verbal, non-mobile Singapore girl joins global hackathon where experts try to solve medical mysteries

At the Undiagnosed Hackathon from Sept 19 to 20 were Helene and Mikk Cederroth (centre), founders of the Wilhelm Foundation, and geneticist Koh Ai Ling (far right) from the Department of Genomic Medicine at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Supporting Sarah Swee and her mother Jasmine Lee (second from right) were Dawn Lee and her husband Kelvin Ng (both left) with their son Ng En Le Jarren (in wheelchair). - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: When Sarah Swee was born after 38 weeks’ gestation, she made a high-pitched, wheezing sound caused by disrupted airflow through a narrowed upper airway – called stridor – and she was not able to swallow.

She also suffered from facial palsy, a loss of movement in the facial muscles on her left side.

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9月19日至20日举行的“未确诊疾病黑客马拉松”活动上，威廉基金会创始人海伦·塞德罗斯和米克·塞德罗斯（图中）以及来自竹脚妇幼医院基因组医学部的遗传学家许爱玲（图右一）出席了活动。支持莎拉·斯威和她的母亲李茉莉（图右二）的是李晓雯和她的丈夫吴凯文（图左二），以及他们的儿子吴恩乐（图右一，坐在轮椅上）。——ST/ANN

新加坡：莎拉·斯威（Sarah Swee）在妊娠 38 周后出生，由于上呼吸道狭窄导致气流受阻，发出高音调的喘鸣声（称为喘鸣），并且无法吞咽。

她还患有面瘫，左侧面部肌肉失去运动能力。

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