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Toddler suffering from rare genetic disease undergoes successful heart transplant, making him the youngest ever such patient in Hong Kong

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A 20-month-old toddler suffering from a rare genetic disease that claimed the life of his elder brother, has successfully undergone a “miracle” heart transplant, making him the youngest patient ever to receive such an operation in Hong Kong.The 10-hour surgery which Hui Chi-hoi underwent last month at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, was considered the most challenging of its kind because of the patient’s young age. The boy weighed only 9.5 kilograms and had a heart smaller than an adult’s…

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