Lai Tsz-hei, a 4-month-old baby girl who had dilated cardiomyopathy, was lucky to survive after undergoing a successful transplant at the Children's Hospital on Friday, with a heart that was donated from a child who had died in an accident in the mainland.

Albert Chan Chi-yan, a clinical professor from the School of Clinical Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, believes the organ sharing system could serve as a good channel with the mainland to share organs for patients awaiting donations due to the lack of donors in Hong Kong.

He added that the strict and precise communications between Hong Kong and mainland could ensure the source of the organs donated is not from organ trafficking.

Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Transplant Sports Association Chow Ka-man stated that organ sharing has been prevalent overseas since many years ago, with states like California having cross-state organ matching.

Chow believes that since the distance between Hong Kong and China is relatively close, there would not be much problems when transporting the organs.

About 3,500 Hongkongers are waiting for organ transplants in the mainland's organ sharing system, with approximately 1,000 receiving transplants.