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...always the problem. In Japan, for instance, people are not pronounced dead until the heart stops, and then it is too late to donate the organ. (In the U.S., heart donations are possible because death is pronounced when brain activity ceases.) Dr. Torao Tokuda, chairman of the Tokushu-Kai Medical Corp., owner of 40 hospitals and 70 clinics in Japan, plans to spread the Batista procedure to all his facilities. Says one of his top surgeons, Dr. Hisayoshi Suma: "This surgery is of great importance worldwide...
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