Hong Kong woman begs for a liver donor to save husband who is days away from death

‘I can’t live without him,’ heartbroken wife says in public appeal for stricken former school principal

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Wife Stella Chu (left) is comforted in Queen Mary Hospital on Saturday. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Published: 8:50pm, 15 Oct 2016Updated: 11:30am, 16 Oct 2016

The wife of a retired school principal appealed to the public on Saturday for a liver donation to save her husband, who may have only two weeks to live.

Wu Man-ming, 60, former head of SKH Holy Trinity Church Secondary School in Ho Man Tin, has acute liver disease and is in dire need of a transplant.

Former school principal Wu Man-ming. Photo: courtesy of Stella Chu

Brother-in-law Stephen Chu Ka-fu said Wu was on the waiting list to receive an organ from a dead donor, while several relatives had offered live donations but were not suitable matches.

“I hope someone can help my husband and make a donation,” Stella Chu Lai-yee said. “I can’t live without him. I love and rely on him so much. In our lives, he is everything.”

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Wu needs a live donation from someone aged 18 to 57 with blood type O positive. His relatives urged potential donors to go directly to Block K, room 16S, at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for a health check. Chu said people could also go online to see whether they were eligible to donate.

Wu headed the school at Oi Man Estate for nearly two decades before stepping down about six years ago. Chu said he was widely respected by former pupils, many of whom were upset by the news and had visited him.