Organ donors remembered in China's Ningxia as Tomb-sweeping Day approaches

STORY: Organ donors remembered in China's Ningxia as Tomb-sweeping Day approaches DATELINE: March 31, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:48 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the memorial activity 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG LE, Cornea donor's father 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TAO JUN, Director of Ningxia Human Organ Donation Service Center STORYLINE: As Tomb-sweeping Day approaches, a memorial was held at a cemetery in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, to honor organ donors. Among them is an 8-year-old cornea donor who was buried here on the day. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG LE, Cornea donor's father "My 8-year-old suffered from sudden cerebrovascular malformation. After two days of rescue, unfortunately, she was gone. My wife and I decided to donate her corneas to help people in need. May more children grow healthily and stay away from accidents." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TAO JUN, Director of Ningxia Human Organ Donation Service Center "We hold memorials

Recipient of 1st heart transplant meets press

Recipient of 1st heart transplant meets press

OSAKA, Japan - The man with his back to the camera received a heart in Japan's first legal transplant from a brain-dead donor last February. Speaking to reporters on Feb. 25 ahead of the one-year anniversary of his operation, the man in his 40s said, ''I am really happy living together with my family.'' Other recipients received the liver, kidneys and corneas of the same donor in a series of operations conducted from Feb. 28 to March 1 under a 1997 law permitting organ transplants from brain-dead donors.