臓器移植を許されない日本の少年

Eleven-year-old Hiroki Ando will likely die if he does not get a new heart.

Hiroki suffers from cardiomyopathy, which inflames and impairs the heart. The same disease killed his sister five years ago.

"We have two children in our family who got a disease that happens one out of every 100,000 people. I am sorry for my children. We are having my daughter and Hiroki going through this harsh experience," said father Ryuki Ando.

"We were told by his doctor at the end of last year that the heart transplant operation was the only way for him to survive," Ando said.

But the law in Japan prohibits anyone under the age of 15 from donating organs -- meaning Hiroki can't get a new heart in his home country.

新しい心臓を得ることができなければ，11歳の安藤大輝（ひろき）は死ぬことになるだろう．

ひろきは心臓を傷つけ，炎症を起こす心筋症を患っている．それと同じ病は，彼の姉を5年前に殺した．

「10万人に一人がかかる病気に，二人の子供が罹りました．このような辛い思いをさせて，子供たちには申し訳なく思います」

父親である安藤隆基は述べた．

「昨年末，彼の主治医に言われました．心臓移植手術が，彼が生き延びる唯一の方法であると」

しかし，日本の法律は15歳未満に対する臓器移植を禁止している．つまり，ひろきは自分の国で新しい心臓を得ることはできないのだ．

Boy not allowed to get life-saving transplant in Japan - CNN.com

ネット上で物議を醸すこともある，子供の（資金を募り，渡米しての）臓器移植．

CNNの記事では，臓器移植法に関する，「日本臓器移植ネットワーク」と河野太郎衆議院議員の見解が紹介されています．