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Mental issue stops kidney transplant

By He Dan | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-18 07:51

Mental issue stops kidney transplant

To save his life, Gu Xincheng (right), a uremia patient, wants his younger brother Gu Xinying to donate a kidney. Hai Guo / for China Daily

BEIJING - A hospital in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, has abandoned a plan to transplant a kidney from a live donor after having considered the legal risks that may arise from taking the organ from the patient's younger brother, who is believed to suffer from mental troubles.

Mental issue stops kidney transplant

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