A Saudi man in Al-Baha is pleading with authorities to help his ailing child get treatment. She suffers from a congenital heart defect.

Abdallah Al-Zahrani’s six-month-old daughter, Razan, also suffers from breathing difficulties and was born without a rectum.

Razan has been back and forth to countless hospitals across the country, all of which have either declined or lack the facilities to treat her.

Razan was first treated at King Fahd Hospital in Al-Baha for a week and was then referred to Riyadh’s specialist hospital, but was put on a long waiting list.

She was then referred to Makkah’s Maternity and Children Hospital, which declined to operate on her condition.

“My daughter’s situation is critical,” said her father. “I call on anyone who can perform the surgery to do so. I cannot afford to treat her in a private hospital because I am just a government employee.”