Transplant innovation a lifesaver

A cirrhosis patient in Guangzhou has been discharged from the hospital after receiving a new liver using a groundbreaking technique that is expected to keep healthy organs from going to waste.

The man, identified only as Wang, 51, said on Thursday that he felt well, and expressed his gratitude to the medical staff at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.

The operation on July 23 is the first time in China a transplanted organ was kept alive using new technology that provides uninterrupted blood flow, according to the hospital.