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| January 04, 2008 | Friday | Zilhaj 24, 1428 |
Choi officially declared dead
SEOUL, Jan 3: South Korean boxer Choi Yo-sam, who fell into a coma after winning his WBO intercontinental flyweight title fight last week, was declared officially dead early on Thursday, a hospital spokesman said.
The declaration was made at 12:18am (1518 GMT Wednesday) as doctors stopped the flow of blood to Choi’s heart and took him off life support, said Shin Dae-sung, a spokesman at Asan Hospital in Seoul, which received approval from Choi’s family.
His heart, liver, both kidneys and both corneas were removed for donation to six patients awaiting transplants, Shin said.
A 58-year-old woman received Choi’s liver in an operation on Thursday at a hospital in Jeonju, 243 kilometres south of Seoul, her son said.—AP
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