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SFH on organ donation

Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr York Chow, at a stand-up media session after attending the ceremony marking the second anniversary of the establishment of the Centralised Organ Donation Register today (November 21):

Reporter: (About changing people's perception about organ donation)

Secretary for Food and Health: We hope that with what Simon Hui has done, he has inspired the public about the importance of organ donation. So far the number of people interested in donation and the actual number of donation has increased since that incident. I don't have the exact number right now but I am sure this type of trend will go on for some time. In addition, we still need to have much stronger publicity in terms of letting people know about what is the importance of donation and who is actually eligible to receive donation. I think the public should also realise that if they donate, they can actually extend somebody's life indefinitely and able to help them and give the family another hope. I think this is very important. We hope that this type of culture can continue and we also hope that with our publicity there are more people registering on the Centralised Organ Donation Register.

Reporter: (About condition of Customs Officer, Mr Yuen Wai-cheung)

Secretary for Food and Health: His condition is stable as I've explained earlier in Chinese. His kidney's function has returned almost to normal. We were worried at some time, at some stage that he might actually need to have continuous dialysis.

(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)






Ends/Sunday, November 21, 2010
Issued at HKT 19:50

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