Cleo Lai Tsz-hei, a 4-month-old girl in Hong Kong suffering from heart failure, underwent an organ transplant with a heart from mainland China on Dec. 17, 2022. The baby is currently recovering in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Believed to be the first-ever organ sent from the mainland to Hong Kong for a transplant, hospital officials did not answer questions about how they ensured the legitimacy of the source of an organ from mainland China.
One Month From Appeal to Transplant
Last month, Cleo’s mother and doctor appealed for a organ donor for Cleo, who suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and acute heart failure. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease in which the heart chambers (ventricles) thin, stretch, enlarge, and make it difficult for the heart to pump blood….