A 59-year-old woman died Jan. 21 after she was given a heart transplant of the wrong blood type at the Queen Mary Hospital.
The woman’s blood type was A while the donor’s blood type was AB, and the hospital knew of the mistake when stitching her up after surgery. They arranged for anti-rejection treatments but she did not show any signs and in fact appeared to be recovering well.
Later on however, she was admitted with breathing difficulties and tests indicated she had a lung infection, which doctors say can be caused from suppressed immunity due to the intake of high doses of antirejection drugs.
Source: SCMP, The Standard
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