HONG KONG, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Hong Kong hospital completed its first organ transplant using a heart donated from the mainland on Saturday, giving a new life to a 4-month-old local girl.
The baby girl, who suffered from heart failure, is in urgent need of a transplant to survive. While the search for a suitable local donation continued, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government sought assistance from the National Health Commission.
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