The next two to three weeks will be most crucial for 48-year-old mechanic Kwok Ho-wing to receive a heart transplant as Queen Mary Hospital appealed to Hongkongers to donate an O blood type heart. Kwok’s blood type is O positive. He can accept any heart from a donor with an O blood type and standing at least 1.6 meters. Wong Ka-lam, a heart transplant physician at Grantham Hospital, said Kwok suffered issues with cardiac vessels as well as heart arrhythmia that has greatly damaged his heart. The hospital will search for a suitable heart in the city first in accordance with existing mechanisms, Wong said.

Source: The Standard February 07, 2024 08:06 UTC