4 of 7 liver transplant recipients died at brand-new Kobe hospital

Photo taken on April 14, 2015 shows the Kobe International Frontier Medical Center in Kobe, western Japan. The hospital, which opened in November 2014, saw a very high death rate among liver transplant recipients in its first four months of operation, officials at the hospital said the same day. Of the seven patients who received the transplants from living donors, four died within one month after their surgeries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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