Liver donor in critical condition, needs transplant

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (L), head of Kyoto University Hospital, tells reporters in Kyoto on Jan. 27 that a woman in her late 40s who donated part of her liver to her daughter last summer at the hospital has suffered liver failure and needs to receive a transplant from another donor.

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