G6PD and G6PD deficiency: 2009). Report from Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral hospital, G6PD deficiency affects approximately 2.66% of full‐term babies. (Suradi et al. 1979). Whereas, among neonatal hyperbilirubinemia the proportion of G6PD deficiency was 19.3% (Wahidiyat 1996). A study in Thailand showed the prevalence of G6PD Canton (1376G>T) was 10% and G6PD Kaiping (1388G>A) was 5% of G6PD‐deficient neonates with hyperbilirubinemia (Nuchprayoon et al. 2002). In Malaysian Chinese, the prevalence of G6PD Canton was 54.3% and G6PD Kaiping was 37.1% among hyperbilirubinemia neonates (Ainoon et al. 1999).