Boy leaves for U.S. for heart transplant

Boy leaves for U.S. for heart transplant

OSAKA, Japan - Ryo Sunagawa, 14, a third-year student at a junior high school in Kobe, western Japan, leaves Osaka for the United States on July 15 with his parents and doctors for a heart transplant. He will be hospitalized at a heart clinic in Texas. His parents said Ryo had a heart attack in February this year and now relies on a mechanical heart to sustain his life.

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