Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority appeals for liver donor for boy, 13
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has appealed to the public for a liver donation for a 13-year-old boy suffering from severe liver failure who urgently needs a transplant. The authority, which is also seeking help from mainland China, said on Thursday evening that the boy, being treated at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, was now in a serious condition. “The patient has been experiencing severe…
The Hospital Authority in Hong Kong is urgently calling for a liver donor to save the life of a 13-year-old boy suffering from severe liver failure. The boy, currently being treated at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, is in a critical condition with severe hepatic failure and recurrent hyperammonemia and cholangitis. He is at the top of the liver transplant waiting list for O+ blood group and requires an urgent transplant to survive.
The Hospital Authority is not only searching for a suitable liver locally but is also seeking help from mainland China due to the boy's urgent need. They have established a cross-boundary organ donation and matching mechanism that allows an organ from a deceased mainland donor to be allocated to a Hong Kong patient if no suitable recipient can be found on the mainland.
The authority is urging the public to consider organ donation, including donating the organ of a deceased relative, to help save lives.
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