Gambian man, mother celebrate kidney transplant
Staff writer, with CNA
A Gambian man and his mother, who flew 14,500km from the West African nation to donate a kidney to her son, on Thursday thanked doctors and staff following the transplant at a Taoyuan hospital.
“Thank you, Taiwan. The doctors and nurses in Taiwan are very professional and I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen,” said 40-year-old Lamin Jarjusey, who had stage five chronic kidney disease and underwent a transplant last month at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
Jarjusey, who came to Taiwan as a student eight years ago and found employment after graduating, was diagnosed with the disease about three years ago, when he sought treatment after noticing blood in his urine, the hospital told a news conference at Taipei’s Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, where there was a cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate his recovery.
Taipei, April 22 (CNA) A Gambian man and his mother, who recently flew 9,000 miles from West Africa to Taiwan to donate a kidney to her son, on Thursday thanked Taiwan's doctors and nurses following a successful kidney transplant at a hospital in Taoyuan.