5 Sep 2010 - We had a lot of bad news in Hong Kong in recent weeks, so here is for some good news to start the week with. Last week the
first combined heart and liver transplant in the city was successfully performed in Queen Mary Hospital. A 27-year-old woman with a rare hereditary condition which makes toxins accumulate in her liver and suffering from heart failure is the beneficiary. She was fortunate enough that a brain-stem dead man donated his heart and liver. The recipient donates her failing but still usable liver to a liver cancer patient. More than 65 medical staff work over 20 hours on the surgery. The two patients are expected to be discharged in two weeks. I wonder how it feels to be living with a donated heart - would it feel any different?
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