Sunday, Apple Daily
One of two men desperate for a new liver dies
A 60-year-old man being treated at Queen Mary Hospital for acute liver failure caused by Hepatitis B last month has died after no suitable liver was found for a transplant. The doctor treating him said he had died of cerebral edema complications. When the complications occurred, no transplant could be carried out, even if the liver found was suitable, the doctor said. Another patient waiting for a liver transplant at the same time was also suffering from acute liver failure, also caused by Hepatitis B. The doctor said the 32-year-old patient’s life is at stake, in the absence of a suitable liver for a transplant. If one isn’t found in the next few days, he said, the patient would also have cerebral edema complications.
Monday, Oriental Daily
Plan to move Mong Kok flower shops invites opposition
Flower shops on Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok, which is always a hotspot during the Lunar New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day, have strongly opposed a government proposal to move them to a government facility in Sai Yee Street in the same district, as a way to resolve the problem of the shops obstructing the road for pedestrians and vehicles. One shop representative said the government had not told them whether the new place was street shops or inside a shopping mall, and doubted the new place was spacious enough for the 100-plus shops in the area. The Planning Department said it would consult the District Council regarding the proposal after completing the study of land use in the area in the first half of this year.