15Jun/12

Organs of brain-dead boy are harvested

Toyama University Hospital said three surgical teams on Friday successfully extracted the heart, liver and kidneys from a boy who was declared brain-dead. The boy's heart was successfully transplanted into a girl under the age of 10 in Osaka Prefec…

14Jun/12

'So I’m living for today'

Seven years ago, Justine Laymond lay on a hospital bed on life-support. After a double lung transplant, the 39-year-old British woman is a crew member on Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, the Scottish entrant in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. (CHRI…