Thursday, May 20, 2010

Families of organ recipients meet Canadian donor's family

By Chang jung-hsiang and Fanny Liu Focus Taiwan News Channel


The husband of a kidney recipient, identified only by his family name Liu, presented a bunch of flowers to Sandra Lammens Monday at the National Cheng Kung University Hospital, where the organ transplant surgery took place on May 13.

Tainan, May 17 (CNA) Families from three of six organ recipients expressed their thanks to the family of a retired Canadian physical education teacher in southern Taiwan's Tainan City on Monday.

Hans Lammens, 67, who lived with his wife Sandra Lammens in Tainan since last summer, fell off his bicycle on May 7 and was declared dead five days later.

Lammens' wife, an English teacher at National Nanke International Experimental High School, decided to donate his organs, including his heart, kidneys, liver, cornea and sclera, which is the white part of the eye.

The husband of a kidney recipient, identified only by his family name Liu, presented a bunch of flowers to Sandra Lammens Monday at the National Cheng Kung University Hospital, where the organ transplant surgery took place on May 13.

"Finally, my wife does not need to live in the hospital anymore," said Liu, whose wife was required to visit the hospital three times a week for kidney dialysis.

Lammens' family also gave the organ donor's funeral and burial subsidies to charities. His ashes will be flown to Canada.


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