Phillip Hancock: Rare foreign organ donor praised in China

Source: BBC News

Mr Hancock, 27, died from complications related to type 1 diabetes in the city of Chongqing on 9 May.

According to the Red Cross Society of China, he became Chongqing’s first foreign organ donor and only the seventh in the nation’s history.

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Mr Hancock’s liver and kidneys were used in three life-saving operations. His corneas helped two people to see again.

Organ donation remains uncommon in China, which has one of the lowest donor rates in the world.

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