Hong Kong appeals for heart-lung donor to save 13-year-old girl
Critically ill teen on ECMO machine needs urgent transplant...
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has issued an urgent public appeal for a heart and lung donor to save a critically ill 13-year-old girl identified as Ching Ching. She is currently being kept alive by an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine—an artificial heart-lung device—at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital. Ching Ching suffers from pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, and doctors say she requires an immediate heart-lung transplant to survive.
According to the Hospital Authority spokesperson, the girl has an O-positive blood type and her condition is critical. The appeal was made public on June 9, 2026, through a news report by the South China Morning Post, which made the story freely available as a public service. No further details on donor eligibility or matching criteria were provided, but the urgency underscores the limited availability of suitable organs for pediatric patients in Hong Kong.
- Ching Ching, 13, has pulmonary hypertension and heart failure and is on an ECMO machine.
- She requires an immediate heart-lung transplant and has O-positive blood type.
- Hong Kong Hospital Authority made a rare public appeal for a donor.
Why It Matters
Highlights critical shortage of pediatric organ donors in Hong Kong and the life-or-death timing of transplants.