Surgeons begin extracting organs from brain-dead boy for transplant

TOYAMA, Japan - A cooler box containing the heart extracted from a brain-dead boy is loaded onto a vehicle at Toyama University Hospital in Toyama on June 15, 2012. Three surgical teams began extracting the heart, liver and kidneys from the boy at the hospital. The heart will be transplanted to a girl in Osaka Prefecture.

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