World-renowned liver transplant surgeon Tan Kai Chah, who performed a life-saving liver transplant on former actress Andrea De Cruz, died on Sunday morning on the island of Hainan.
Dr Tan was the executive chairman of the Singapore-based medical group, which includes the Asian American Liver Centre - a clinic in Gleneagles Hospital - where he practised. Mr Png, her then boyfriend, donated part of his liver to save her. This was the first transplant where the Ministry of Health allowed non-related living donors to donate.
"Many continue to praise me for what I did, but I always say it was all you KC... Today we lost a great man, a pioneer in liver transplant surgery." "It is a strange coincidence that he passed away today, on the same day that Jalil left us. May Dr K.C. Tan rest in peace." In April 2002, the first successful LDLT in adults in South-east Asia was performed at Gleneagles Hospital. Dr Tan and his team have performed about 240 LDLTs.
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