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Hong Kong appeals for heart-lung donor to save critically ill 13-year-old girl

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMPโ€™s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kongโ€™s Hospital Authority has issued an urgent appeal for a heart and lung donation to save a critically ill 13-year-old girl. The patient, Ching Ching, suffers from pulmonary hypertension and heart failure. She is currently being kept alive at Hong Kong Childrenโ€™s Hospital with the support of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO machine,...