Under 18s will be allowed to donate organs only if big majority backs it, Hong Kong minister says

Health minister Ko Wing-man makes comment as he pledges to consult public on easing transplant law in wake of concern about acute liver failure patient

Health minister Ko Wing-man says a significant number of people must back a proposal to change the organ transplant law. Photo: Edward Wong

Amendments to the transplant law allowing people under 18 to be living donors would be considered only if a significant majority backed it, the health minister said.

Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko Wing-man was commenting as the government pledged to launch a public consultation soon on whether to amend the Human Organ Transplant Ordinance after a 17-year-old girl wanted to donate part of her liver to save her mother, but was barred as she was three months shy of the legal age to make a donation.
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