A condemned criminal will donate one of his kidneys to his sister, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital in Taipei said, after its medical ethics committee on Wednesday gave its approval to the operation.
Cheng Chin-wen (鄭金文), who was sentenced to death in June for robbery and manslaughter, was given permission to donate his organ after the ethics committee gave the green light, the New Taipei City (新北市) hospital said.
The Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health have already given their permission.
Arrangements for the surgery would be made once the Cheng family and the Taipei Detention Center, where Cheng has been imprisoned since 2004, have been consulted, the hospital said.
Cheng, who is in his late 40s, said he wanted to donate a kidney to his sister, who has to undergo kidney dialysis every day, before his execution because he is worried that a donation after his death might be too late.
“My sister does her duty. She takes good care of her husband and children. She exemplifies the traditional woman. I respect my sister very much. I’m willing to give my life to her, not to mention a kidney,” Cheng has said.
The detention center said Cheng was optimistic about the transplant.
The Keelung native, along with his accomplices, was convicted of strangling two debt collectors to death in 2004 and burying their bodies in the woods.
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