New Kobe hospital to halt liver transplant surgeries after 4 deaths

New Kobe hospital to halt liver transplant surgeries after 4 deaths

Photo taken April 14, 2015, shows the Kobe International Frontier Medical Center in western Japan. The hospital that opened last November in Kobe where four out of seven liver transplant recipients died in its first four months said on April 18 it will halt the operations for the time being. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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