Liver Transplantation

25 Mar 2013

A medical team at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam has transplanted livers from two donors to recipients of different blood types for the first time in the city, thanks to a new protocol.

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Oxfam Trailwalkers driven by individual goals

18 Nov 2012

A new record may have been set in this year's Oxfam Trailwalker, but competitors were still streaming across the finish line last night after tackling 20 hills in the 100-kilometre race.

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Hepatitis B survivor does Trailwalker to raise awareness

24 Oct 2012

To Sam Hui Pui-to, hepatitis B was a death sentence. At the peak of his health when he was a fireman, he set records in firefighters' fitness tests.

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How the bio-artificial system works

18 Jul 2012

Failure of the liver - a vital organ that performs a variety of tasks including filtering out toxins from the bloodstream - will lead other organs to fail, and an irreversible failure will result...

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More die in wait for organ transplants

22 Mar 2012

The number of patients who died while waiting for organ transplants last year rose by almost 50 per cent compared with 2010, according to Hospital Authority statistics.

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Long-term aftercare necessary for liver transplant patient to have a normal life

29 Oct 2011

The rather emotive response of Professor Lo Chung-mau, head of the University of Hong Kong's department of surgery ('Many children have grown up normally in HK after having liver transplants',...

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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3:37AM

Many children have grown up normally in HK after having liver transplants

I read with dismay the letter from Professor Andrew Burd ('Ethical issues must be considered', October 20).

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Plight of sick mainland boy touches more hearts

As donation offers continue to pour in to help mainland infant Li Liuxuan get a life-saving liver transplant, 23 pupils at an international school have found their own way to show they care.

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10:11PM

Mainland baby's plight may bring others hope

A special charitable fund set up following the overwhelming response to a plea for HK$1 million to help a mainland baby receive a life-saving operation may also give hope to other people in need...

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Hope still flutters for liver patient

The family of liver-failure patient Ricky Cheng Kin-kwong say they are clinging to a slim hope after an appeal for a transplant donor failed to turn up a suitable candidate immediately.

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Family's urgent appeal for liver

A desperate patient is in a race against time to receive a life-saving liver transplant. Ricky Cheng Kin-kwong, 42, needs a donor to step forward before Tuesday, according to his family, who say...

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Researchers in breakthrough on liver tumours

Hong Kong researchers have identified a type of cell in liver tumours that can develop resistance to chemotherapy, in a breakthrough they hope will lead to much higher survival rates among...

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