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Migrant's organs donated to 5
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2006-02-13 09:49 The corneas of a migrant worker who died Friday in
Shenzhen will be transplanted into the eyes of two recipients today, after his
liver and kidneys were donated to three people in two other cities Saturday.
The corneas of Chen Youyu, 48, originally from the southwestern province of
Sichuan, will be transplanted into a 5-year-old boy and a young man in Longgang
District in Shenzhen this morning, said Doctor Yao Xiaoming of the Shenzhen
Ophthalmic Hospital yesterday.
Chen鈥檚 liver and kidneys were transplanted successfully into three people in
Guangzhou and Hengyang City in Hunan Province in three separate operations,
making him Shenzhen鈥檚 first multiple-organ donor.
Chen suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while working Feb. 4, and was sent to
hospital immediately. Chen鈥檚 condition worsened after the second hemorrhage
Thursday. The doctors told Chen鈥檚 two sons, Chen Jian and Chen Wei, who arrived
in Shenzhen on Tuesday from their hometown in Pengxi County in Sichuan, that
their father might die very soon.
The next day, on the suggestion of a friend, the two brothers decided to
donate their father鈥檚 organs after his death. Chen Youyu was in a coma at that
time.
At about 4 p.m. Friday, the two brothers informed the Shenzhen Red Cross
about their decision. Chen Youyu died at 11:06 p.m. Friday and his body was
transported to Guangzhou immediately, where a liver recipient and a kidney
recipient had been found.
鈥淭he three transplant operations were very successful,鈥� said Professor Pan of
the 2nd Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, where one of the operations was
performed.
鈥淢y father would be very happy if he knew he could change other people鈥檚
fates after his death,鈥� Chen Wei said.
The brothers said their father always told them that 鈥渁 man shouldn鈥檛 forget
his past sufferings and should repay to those who have helped them.鈥�
Their father鈥檚 body will be cremated this week. Half of the ashes will be
taken back to their hometown and the other half will remain in Shenzhen.
鈥淗e will be with the city where he donated organs to help others, and his
spirit will be alive forever,鈥� Chen Wei, the younger brother, said.
鈥淢y family was very poor. Without relatives and friends鈥� help, it鈥檚
impossible for us to survive,鈥� he said.
Their mother died in 2000. The elder brother Chen Jian is employed by the
county government, but does not make enough to support his brother, who still
owes 3,000 yuan (US$375) in student loans.
Their father came to Shenzhen on Jan. 1 to help pay off the loan.
鈥淚t is the first time for him to be out of Sichuan, but couldn鈥檛 return home
any more,鈥� Chen Jian said.
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