Doctor-to-be donates part of his liver to save former primary school teacher


Chin smiling after the transplant surgery.

KUANTAN (Sin Chew Daily/Asia News Network): A doctor-to-be has given his primary school teacher a new lease of life by donating part of his liver to save her.  

Jerome Chin Ze Rong, a 25-year-old medical graduate, donated 67 % of his liver to Leong Fong Peng, his former teacher from Kong Min Chinese primary school in Kuantan.

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