{
  "id": 14735215,
  "title": "Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority appeals for liver donor for boy, 13",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/hong-kongs-hospital-authority-appeals-for-liver-donor-for-boy-13",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T16:15:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3371059/hong-kongs-hospital-authority-appeals-liver-donor-boy-13"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Hospital Authority seeks liver donor for 13-year-old boy in critical condition",
    "Boy suffers from severe liver failure, hyperammonemia, and cholangitis",
    "Authorities appeal for organ donation, including from mainland China"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/hong-kong-loses-record-40-kindergartens-as-birth-rate-drops-women",
        "published": "2026-10-15T13:12:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}