{"id":1533,"date":"2019-09-20T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hkotf.org\/en\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2019-09-25T08:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T08:45:18","slug":"book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hkotf.org\/en\/book\/","title":{"rendered":"Love \u2027 Continued\u2014Hong Kong Organ Donation and Transplant History Oral History for 50 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/2″][image_with_animation image_url=”1531″ alignment=”” animation=”None”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In 2017, HKOTF collaborated with the Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University in undertaking the “Oral History Project of HK Organ Donation and Transplant” , with the participation of students from Hong Kong Baptist University, Heep Yunn School, Queen Elizabeth School and Wa Ying College. 18 stakeholders were interviewed. They included Prof. Sophia Chan, Secretary for Food and Health, pioneers in organ transplant including Dr. Leong Che-hung (first kidney transplant in 1969), Prof. Fan Sheung-tat (first liver transplant in 1991), Dr. Chiu Shui-wah (first heart transplant in 1992) and Dr. Cheung Wai-lun,\u00a0Project Director of Chinese Medicine Hospital Project Office.<\/p>\n

Based on the interviews conducted,\u00a0HKOTF compiled a book with an aim to share with readers stories of the 18 stakeholders, and the challenges and difficulties they faced in the development of organ transplant and donation in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

The book \u201cLove\u2027Continued – Hong Kong Organ Donation and Transplant Oral History for 50 years\u201d is compiled by HKOTF,\u00a0 written\u00a0by Kitty Ma and published by Joint Publishing (HK). It is available for sale at Joint Publishing (HK), The Commercial Press and Chung Hwa Book Co. (H.K.).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/2″][image_with_animation image_url=”1676″ alignment=”” animation=”None”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/2″][image_with_animation image_url=”1675″ alignment=”” animation=”None”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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